Danse Macabre

A Daniel Jacobus Mystery

De: Gerald Elias

Narrado por: Jim Frangione

A ground-breaking treat for mystery and music lovers, the audiobook of Elias' first novel, Devil's Trill, introduced a new kind of listening experience, with violin performances by the author providing clues throughout.

Now acclaimed author and violinist Gerald Elias is back, bringing more music to his gripping second novel in the Daniel Jacobus mystery series, Danse Macabre, also narrated by Jim Frangione.

Just after his Carnegie Hall swan song and before his imminent departure for retirement in France, beloved violinist and humanitarian Rene Allard is brutally murdered with a mysterious weapon. His young African-American rival, crossover artist BTower, is spotted at the scene of the crime, hovering over the contorted body of Allard with blood on his hands. In short order, the aloof and arrogant BTower is convicted and sentenced to death - in part the result of the testimony of blind and curmudgeonly violin pedagogue Daniel Jacobus, who, like millions of others, was an ardent admirer of Allard. Justice has been done... or has it?

Jacobus is dragged back into the case kicking and screaming, and reluctantly follows a trail of broken violins and broken lives as it leads inexorably to the truth, and to his own mortal peril.

Performers: Gerald Elias, Jason Hardink, The Lydian String Quartet, Abramyan String Quartet, Lucia Lin, Andre Schub

©2010 Gerald Elias (P)2017 Alison Larkin Presents

Absolutely amazing

Amazing book, mystery plus music. A perfect combination! Jacobus is an addicting character to follow.

Listened straight for 7 hours

I literally couldn’t stop listening for 7 hours. I lost an entire day listening to this book. Finally had to stop to eat. As in Devil’s Trill, I loved the format of weaving the music into the story. It’s so well done. It really enhances the story. Sadly these are the only two books of the series that are in this format. We should petition Audible to help the author produce the rest of this series in this format as every book in this series is inspired by a piece of music, so the music really enhances the whole production.