Playing with Fire
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
A gripping standalone thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series
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A gripping standalone thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles seriesINTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS AWARD FINALIST NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LOS ANGELES TIMES AND SUSPENSE MAGAZINE
In a shadowy antiques shop in Rome, violinist Julia Ansdell happens upon a curious piece of music the Incendio waltz and is immediately entranced by its unusual composition. Full of passion, torment, and chilling beauty, and seemingly unknown to the world, the waltz, its mournful minor key, its feverish arpeggios, appear to dance with a strange life of their own. Julia is determined to master the complex work and make its melody heard.
Back home in Boston, from the moment Julia s bow moves across the strings, drawing the waltz s fiery notes into the air, something strange is stirred and Julia s world comes under threat. The music has a terrifying and inexplicable effect on her young daughter, who seems violently transformed. Convinced that the hypnotic strains of Incendio are weaving a malevolent spell, Julia sets out to discover the man and the meaning behind the score.
Her quest beckons Julia to the ancient city of Venice, where she uncovers a dark, decades-old secret involving a dangerously powerful family that will stop at nothing to keep Julia from bringing the truth to light.
Praise for Playing with Fire
Compelling . . . I defy you to read the first chapter and not singe your fingers reading the rest. David Baldacci
One of the best and most original thrillers of the year. Providence Journal
[A] novel brimming with emotion, literary description, and psychological suspense. The Huffington Post
Will make readers drop everything to immerse themselves in its propulsive dual narrative. Los Angeles Times
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1From the doorway I can already smell the scent of old books, a perfume of crumbling pages and time-worn leather. The other antiques stores that I ve passed on this cobblestoned alley have their air conditioners running and their doors closed against the heat, but this shop s door is propped open, as if inviting me to enter. It s my last afternoon in Rome, my last chance to pick up a souvenir of my visit. Already I ve bought a silk tie for Rob and an extravagantly ruffled dress for our three-year-old daughter, Lily, but I haven t found anything for myself. In the window of this antiques shop, I see exactly what I want.
I step into gloom so thick that my eyes need a moment to adjust. Outside it s sweltering, but in here it s strangely cool, as though I ve entered a cave where neither heat nor light can penetrate. Slowly, shapes take form in the shadows and I see book-crammed shelves, old steamer trunks, and in the corner a medieval suit of tarnished armor. On the walls hang oil paintings, all of them garish and ugly and adorned with yellowed price tags. I don t notice that the proprietor is standing in the alcove, so I m startled when he suddenly calls out to me in Italian. I turn and see a little gnome of a man with eyebrows like snowy caterpillars.
I m sorry, I answer. Non parlo Italiano.
Violino? He points to the violin case that I have strapped to my back. It s far too valuable an instrument to leave in my hotel room and I always keep it with me while traveling. Musicista? he asks and plays air fiddle, his right arm sawing back and forth with a phantom bow.
Yes, I m a musician. From America. I performed this morning, at the festival. Though he nods politely, I don t think he actually understands me. I point to the item I spotted in his display window. Could I see that book? Libro. Musica.
He reaches into the window display for the book of music and hands it to me. I know it s old, by the way the edges of the paper crumble at my touch.
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The edition is Italian, and on its cover is the word Gypsy and an image of a shaggy-haired man playing the violin. I open it to the first tune, which is written in a minor key. The piece is unfamiliar, a plaintive melody that my fingers are already itching to play. Yes, this is what I m always on the hunt for, old music that s been forgotten and deserves to be rediscovered.
As I flip through the other tunes, a loose page falls out and flutters to the floor. Not part of the book, it is a sheet of manuscript paper, its staves thick with musical notes jotted in pencil. The composition s title is handwritten in elegantly swooping letters.
Incendio, composed by L. Todesco.
As I read the music, I can hear the notes in my head and within a few measures, I know this waltz is beautiful. It starts as a simple melody in E minor. But at measure sixteen, the music grows more complex. By measure sixty, notes start to pile on notes and there are jarring accidentals. I flip to the other side and every measure is dense with pencil marks. A lightning-quick string of arpeggios launches the melody into a frantic maelstrom of notes that make the hairs suddenly rise on my arms.
I must have this music.
Quanto costa? I ask. For this page and for the book as well?
The proprietor watches me with a canny gleam in his eyes. Cento. He pulls out a pen and writes the number on his palm.
A hundred euros? You can t be serious.
E vecchio. Old.
It s not that old.
His shrug tells me I can take it or leave it. He s already seen the hunger in my eyes; he knows he can charge me an outrageous pric
As I flip through the other tunes, a loose page falls out and flutters to the floor. Not part of the book, it is a sheet of manuscript paper, its staves thick with musical notes jotted in pencil. The composition s title is handwritten in elegantly swooping letters.
Incendio, composed by L. Todesco.
As I read the music, I can hear the notes in my head and within a few measures, I know this waltz is beautiful. It starts as a simple melody in E minor. But at measure sixteen, the music grows more complex. By measure sixty, notes start to pile on notes and there are jarring accidentals. I flip to the other side and every measure is dense with pencil marks. A lightning-quick string of arpeggios launches the melody into a frantic maelstrom of notes that make the hairs suddenly rise on my arms.
I must have this music.
Quanto costa? I ask. For this page and for the book as well?
The proprietor watches me with a canny gleam in his eyes. Cento. He pulls out a pen and writes the number on his palm.
A hundred euros? You can t be serious.
E vecchio. Old.
It s not that old.
His shrug tells me I can take it or leave it. He s already seen the hunger in my eyes; he knows he can charge me an outrageous pric
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Autoren-Porträt von Tess Gerritsen
New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen earned international acclaim for her first novel of suspense, Harvest. She introduced detective Jane Rizzoli in The Surgeon (2001) and Dr. Maura Isles in The Apprentice (2002) and has gone on to write numerous other titles in the celebrated Rizzoli & Isles series, most recently The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, and Die Again. Her latest novel is the standalone thriller Playing with Fire. A physician, Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tess Gerritsen
- 2016, Internationale Ausgabe, 304 Seiten, Masse: 10,6 x 17,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Ballantine Books
- ISBN-10: 0812999304
- ISBN-13: 9780812999303
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Compelling . . . I defy you to read the first chapter and not singe your fingers reading the rest. David BaldacciOne of the best and most original thrillers of the year. Providence Journal
[A] novel brimming with emotion, literary description, and psychological suspense. The Huffington Post
Will make readers drop everything to immerse themselves in its propulsive dual narrative. Los Angeles Times
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