The Mozart Code (3.5 diskette/software) [Software]

Dick Adler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

Ivan Davis, former editor turned private detective, loves opera almost as much as he loves good food and sexy sopranos. Singing in the chorus at the Opera Cafe in Santa Monica combines all of his pleasures.

But when the father of his lovely young conductor disappears in Santa Fe while hunting down a previously unknown opera by Mozart and Daponte, Ivan agrees to look for him -- and finds himself attacked by a ferocious tenor, chased through the streets of Venice by a deadly BMW, and fighting for his life on a New Mexico reservation.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Adler's voice is as sure and original in its own way as Domingo's, and Ivan Davis should be signed up immediately for another engagement ..." -- Tom Hyman, author of "Prussian Blue" and "Jupiter's Daughter."

"THE MOZART CODE is a one-of-a-kind mystery that grabs your imagination and spins a delightful tale. I can hardly wait to read future work by Dick Adler." -- Just Views, In the Cabinet Drawer

About the Author

DICK ADLER has been an editor and writer for newspapers and magazines in New York, London and -- for the last 28 years -- in Los Angeles. He has co-authored two non-fiction books, one with the late California Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, and has also written for television. He presently reviews mysteries and thrillers for Amazon.com, the Chicago Tribune, Publishers Weekly and his own Crime Watch web site: (http://www.angelfire.com/biz/MysteriesFromDick)

Adler lives in Venice with his wife, the historian and archivist Jane Wilson. They visit their two grown children in the San Francisco area as often as possible.

Product Details

• Software: 168 pages
• Publisher: Hard Shell Word Factory (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582001073
• ISBN-13: 978-1582001074
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,484,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Critics love "The Mozart Code"!, August 12, 1999

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From Chicago Tribune (Gary Dretzka), 7/4/99

"Dick Adler, with whom I play leapfrog in this space, has written an intelligent and witty little mystery that is unusual in that it is available solely through the Internet.

'The Mozart Code' introduces an opera-loving gumshoe gourmand, who, while hired to track down a friend's missing musicologist father, stumbles across the possible existence of a previously unknown work by Wolfgang Amadeus himself. The portly P.I.'s path leads from the People's Republic of Santa Monica--on the west side of L.A.--to northern New Mexico, where a commune of rich dropouts till the soil and target nosy detectives.

From L.A. Times (Dick Lochte), 8/11/99

"If you're hungry for a fast and funny new mystery that celebrates sleuthing, opera and gastronomy, though not necessarily in that order, or you're curious about the new electronic book formats, by all means sample Dick Adler's 'The Mozart Code' This appetizing first novel follows food- and opera-loving editor-turned-private eye Ivan Davis on the trail of a missing man and an elusive unknown Mozart opera. The quest takes him from home base in L.A. (where he's attacked at his Sports Connection) to a suspenseful finale in the snowy mountains of New Mexico, a journey marked by murders, duplicity, a little sex and a whole lot of high-caloric high life. Enjoy. "