""This brilliantly conceived audiobook begins with the sudden death of a young violinist during a concert performance of Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with music from the Boston Symphony Orchestra woven throughout this truly classical whodunnit.
Blind, curmudgeonly violinist Jacobus and his companions, Yumi Shinagawa and Nathaniel Williams, join forces with Branwell Small, a questionably trustworthy partner in crime solving as they follow every baffling twist and turn. The talents of a world-class orchestra and world-class narrator combine in this thrilling audiobook, full of secrets and surprises that will keep mystery and classical music lovers on the edge of their seats.
""The plot skates off in surprising directions and, as always, offers readers fascinating glimpses into the working life of a musician. One needn’t be a classical music aficionado to appreciate this clever, pacey entry."" Publishers Weekly
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"A ground-breaking treat for mystery and music lovers, the audiobook of Elias's first novel, Devil's Trill introduced a new kind of listening experience, with violin performances by the author providing clues throughout.
Now acclaimed author/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 swansong 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, like millions of others, 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."
"Devil's Trill a Mystery in SonataAllegro form is the firstever audio book to integrate musical passages that provide clues to solving the mysteries! Author Gerald Elias, a renowned concert violinist himself performs the music. Blind, sharptongued violinist Daniel Jacobus, living in selfimposed exile in rural New England, is drawn into mysterious crimes in New York City. A stolen Stradivarius a strangled pedagogue of musical prodigies Jacobus is not only the chief investigator of these misdeeds, he's the prime suspect!
A police detective hot on his tail, Jacobus roams the bucolic Berkshires, hallowed Carnegie Hall, and traditionbound Japan, searching for answers only he can see. With alluring student Yumi and jazzloving Nathaniel at his side, Jacobus feels his way through selfdoubt and darkness. The shadowy spheres of classical music and steamy streets of the Big Apple give noir a new meaning, in the first mystery novel in the gripping Daniel Jacobus series, read by awardwinning narrator Jim Frangione."
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