The new Crown Prince Gregory mystery from this well-loved author - When Gregory Crowne is enlisted to help Gilles Guidon, the eccentric son of a merchant banker, to assemble a jazz quintet for the Montreux Festival, he soon discovers there is something wrong at the bank. Gilles falls in love with Morena, the sister of one of the quintet, and his ancient nurse, Nounou, dies in a mysterious fall. Then Gilles disappears with Morena, and an unusual ransom demand arrives . . .
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Gregory Crowne, the former Crown Prince of Hirtenstein, might not know anything about jazz, but he does know that when Auguste Guidon, the president of one of Switzerland's largest banks, asks him for a favor, the answer is yes. So despite the fact that Gregory's business involves classical music, he agrees to help Auguste's son Gilles put together a jazz band. Gregory is able to engage four other musicians, but things quickly get complicated. When one of the musicians turns up dead, Gregory finds a last-minute replacement, but the man shows up with his beautiful sister, Morena Ferigiano, who soon has Gilles bewitched, bothered, and bewildered. Then one of the band's most vocal critics, Auguste's old family nurse, goes missing, and Gilles "disappears" with Morena, leaving Gregory to try to discover who is trying to break up the band, permanently. Readers who enjoy the leisurely pace and traditional style of Donna Leon's civilized European novels of detection will find Barclay's latest Gregory Crowne mystery to be equally entertaining. John Charles
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Tessa Barclay is the bestselling author of over forty novels and one of the most popular writers in the UK. Previous titles by this well-loved author include The Champagne Girls, The Precious Gift, The Saturday Girl, Other People's Dreams and, from Severn House, Starting Over and A Lovely Illusion. She has also just published the first two novels of a new series of crime novels, Farewell Performance and A Better Class of Person.
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