“The Rainaldi Quartet introduced readers to Gianni Castigliore, maker and repairer of violins and an expert in their history. His native Cremona is astir because a brilliant young Russian violinist is coming to play a concert—and he will play on a violin once belonging to Paganini. He is accompanied by his overprotective mother and chafes under her suffocating restrictions. He is, after all, also a young man. When one of his sponsors is murdered, Castigliore’s historical expertise is required to solve the case, and when the violinist disappears . . .You’ll have to read it to find out if the show goes on.”—Helen, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland
Face Out
Paganini's Ghosts by Paul Adam
February 21, 2011