Death Is the Cool Night and Lost to the World
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Publisher Description
Two mysteries by Edgar-nominated author Libby Sternberg:
DEATH IS THE COOL NIGHT: When an unlikable opera conductor is murdered on the eve of America's entry into World War II, suspicion falls on the talented but scarred pianist who was his understudy. But a cast of international characters as dramatic as the roles they sing complicate the case, as new detective Sean Reilly investigates.
LOST TO THE WORLD: The war is over, but Sean Reillly's life is filled with turmoil. His young wife is dead, leaving him with twin boys to raise, and single fatherhood complicates his ability to work on a troubling case at Johns Hopkins Hospital where a polio researcher has been killed on the eve of the big Salk vaccine trials. As Reilly delves into the case, he's drawn to a sweet secretary, a polio victim herself, who's pinning too much hope on a vaccine that will still leave her and other polio patients lost to the world....
Previously released separately, DEATH IS THE COOL NIGHT and LOST TO THE WORLD are compelling historical mysteries that keep readers turning pages to learn whodunnit and....why. Penned by Edgar nominee Libby Sternberg, these are haunting mysteries that evoke the times in which they are set as they move to startling conclusions.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This volume collects two well-crafted novels by Sternberg (Sloane Hall). In Death Is the Cool Night, which is set in 1941, troubled concert pianist Gregory Silensky is one of several suspects following the murder of Ivan Roustakoff, a pompous and cruel opera conductor, at his home in Baltimore, Md. Gregory, his brain addled by heavy alcohol consumption, fears that he might have strangled his nemesis. Other suspects include Gregory's love interest, Laura, a beautiful, aristocratic opera singer, who had her own reasons to hate Ivan. Lost to the World, set in 1954 and likewise in Baltimore, centers on the murder of a researcher pioneering a polio vaccine. Blending operatic drama, sumptuous description, and noir, Sternberg gracefully puzzles out her tormented characters' actions and motivations in each book. The author is an Edgar Award nominee. (BookLife)