When the Music Stopped
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- Synopsis
- When novelist Eden Winter emerges from completing her latest fictional adventure, she finds that life around her has changed. The usually tranquil coastal community of Job's Harbor is all abuzz over the return of the elderly Esmond sisters. Old-timers breathlessly recount how, sixty years ago, Marianne, a brilliant young pianist, eloped with the scoundrel Guy Rigby Guy, a married man and a respected banker, who cleaned out the vault when he left, undermining many local families. Now widowed, Marianne has come home to Job's Harbor with her violinist sister to retire. As the ancient scandal is revived, the old hostilities are rekindled, and gossip spreads like wildfire. Meanwhile, the wealthy sisters' arrival also sparks considerable interest among their prospective heirs, who immediately vie to ingratiate themselves. Small wonder, then, that when the sisters inaugurate weekly musical gatherings at their elegant estate, attendance and emotions run high. Eden herself, ever the observant writer, finds the two talented and sophisticated ladies utterly charming, and the scene and cast of characters fascinate her. Here too Eden first encounters the darkly intriguing Nick Raintree, a handsome newcomer who seems bent on unsettling her longtime but perhaps too comfortable hometown romance. Suddenly violence erupts in Job's Harbor, and Eden finds herself caught up in a real-life mystery more chilling than any plot she could have devised. Drawn deeper and deeper into a web of deceptive appearances, she follows a twisting and perilous trail to a shattering conclusion. Elisabeth Ogilvie is the author of many popular novels, most recently The Summer of the Osprey. She lives most of the year on an island off the Maine coast, wintering across the harbor in the village of Cushing.
- Copyright:
- 1989
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 325 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780070477926
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 05/03/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Elisabeth Ogilvie
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Larry Lumpkin
- Proofread By:
- Lissi
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.