Death Notes
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- 5,49 €
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- 5,49 €
Publisher Description
“Rayne, is launching a new series here, and if future installments are as gripping and intricately plotted as this one, it could have a long run.” ― Booklist
Introducing professional researcher Phineas Fox in the first of a brand-new series of chilling mysteries.
Phineas Fox has mixed feelings when he’s asked to research the infamous 19th-century violinist Roman Volf for a TV documentary. Hanged for his part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, Volf was a notorious criminal and womaniser, whose glittering talent was undermined by his scandalous private life. However, on uncovering evidence which suggests that Volf could not have been involved in the Tsar’s murder, Phin’s investigations lead him to the west coast of Ireland ― and a series of intriguing, interlocking mysteries reaching from 1881 to the present day.
Was Roman Volf executed for something he didn’t do? And what is his connection with the reclusive Maxim Volf now living in County Galway? Phin’s enquiries will unearth a number of dark secrets which lurk below the surface of the quiet Irish village of Kilcarne.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
London music researcher Phineas Fox, the hero of this enjoyable contemporary series launch from Rayne (What Lies Beneath), reluctantly agrees to prepare a TV documentary on Roman Volf, a Russian violinist accused of assassinating Czar Alexander II. Fox discovers a photo of Volf taken in Odessa, a detail of which indicates that he could not have been in St. Petersburg on Mar. 13, 1881, the day of Alexander's murder. Could Volf have been innocent of the crime? An Internet search reveals an article titled "Roman Volf, the Father I Never Knew," by music hall performer Mortimer Quince. Fox immediately buys a ticket for Kilcarne, Ireland, where Quince spent his so-called mature years. The narrative bounces between Fox's research and excerpts from Quince's endearingly funny diary, with forays into the melancholy state of mind of Beatrice Drury, who has returned to Ireland for the first time since the tragic accident that killed her daughter. By turns jaunty and thrilling, this one will appeal to fans of traditional mysteries rooted in history.
