Play Book Tag discussion

3.5 stars, rounding up this time

In this second book featuring violinist and maestra Gesthemane Brown, the cottage where she is staying is still in danger of being sold to a ruthless hotel developer who has big plans for changing the layout of the former home of one of the worlds best composers of the 21st century who was murdered 25 years ago. One the one hand, he's afraid of ghosts, but on the other hand, the resident ghost has vanished and she can't seem to find him to help them save the cottage.

Her brother-in-law, curator of a museum in the States, comes to visit. He's in the area to bid on a piece of antique embroidery worth a fortune that is going to be auctioned. However, when he arrives, the area is in the midst of a number of shocking thefts of art and antiques. It doesn't take long before he has been accused of stealing the piece he planned to auction on for the museum.

I am not interested in paranormal stories of any kind; what attracted me to this series first were the titles and the covers--I had no idea there was a cozy mystery series featuring a bright, musically gifted classical musician as the amateur sleuth. For me, it would take poor writing or some other bad writing, but Gordon can write. But you don't have to be a fan of classical music in order to enjoy this series.