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In 1868, Munich, Inspector Hermann Preiss investigates a series of murders based around the production of a new opera by troubled composer Richard Wagner. Many people have reasons to dislike the man, but who wrote the anonymous note declaring that the night of the premiere will be Wagner's day of reckoning?

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Torgov deftly conveys the transcendent power of Wagner s music through his novel, if far-fetched, twist to the convoluted plot. It s worthy of Hitchcock in the way it uses the interpretation of a song as a plot device rather like Die Meistersinger itself, for that matter.

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Morley Torgov is one of Canada's best-loved authors of both fiction and non-fiction. His works include A Good Place to Come From, the classic The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, and St. Farb's Day. Murder in A-Major, his first mystery novel, was published in 2008. Torgov lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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