Rooftop Sonata

Music. Art. Nazis. Easy peasy...

Between them, Bernard and Melody Earls have looks, charm, brains...everything but money. That's why they steal from the rich and give to themselves. When they're offered $20,000 to pilfer a music manuscript believed destroyed in World War II, they figure it's worth a look. Sure, the artifact might not exist. (Probably doesn't.) Yeah, it's allegedly locked in an off-limits women's room. (What kind of sense does that make?) Okay, said restroom slumbers on the third floor of the Nachtnebel Arts Foundation, a gaudy establishment protected by the best security system money can buy. (That, at least, makes sense.) And of course, owner Gerhard Nachtnebel, Jr. is the son of a Nazi thief and murderer. (Which is just terrifying.)

Still, a job is a job, and this one offers plenty to steal, so long as nobody gets shot in the head. But as Bernard and Melody charm their way in posing as art students, a dark-well, darker-shadow rises. Because their employer might not be what she seems. She's after more than a famous lost sheaf of music. Have the Earls duo been drawn into a bitter multi-generational vendetta? If so, all that can save them are Bernard's wits...and Melody's divine luck!

Rooftop Sonata, Bernard and Melody Caper #2, is a humorous tale of crime and caring, love and hate, and life's little absurdities.