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"Ray McMillian loves playing the violin more than anything, and nothing will stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician. Not his mother, who thinks he should get a real job, not the fact that he can't afford a high-caliber violin, not the racism inherent in the classical music world. And when he makes the startling discovery that his great-grandfather's fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, his star begins to rise....
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"London. December, 1942. As the Russian army repels German forces from Stalingrad, Maggie Hope, secret agent and spy, takes a break from the Special Operations Executive division to defuse bombs in London. But Maggie herself is like an explosion waiting to happen. Shaken by a recent case, she finds herself living more dangerously--taking more risks than usual, smoking again, drinking gin and riding a motorcycle--and the last thing she wants is to...
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Since becoming an unlikely millionaire and quitting the St. Paul Police Department, Rushmore McKenzie has been working as an unlicensed private investigator, basically doing favors for friends and people in need. But even for him, this latest job is unusual. He's been asked to find a stolen Stradivarius, known as the Countess Borromeo, that only the violinist seems to want him to find. Stolen from a locked room in a B&B in the violinist's former hometown...
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"After escaping an abusive relationship, Chelsea Spencer flees to Chickadee Creek--the town where her great aunt Rosemary owns a quaint little antique shop. There, Chelsea plans to help with the shop as her aunt heals from an accident--and perhaps find some healing of her own. Liam Chandler was one film away from a leading role when his brother Jacob was stricken with cancer. After spending the last months of Jacob's life with him in Boise, Liam heads...
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Witch cats of Cambridge volume 3
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"When a panicked stranger shows up at Charm and Cherish, Becca Colwin feels compelled to help. But when that stranger then disappears, leaving behind her heirloom violin the aspiring witch detective is drawn further into a web of deceit and intrigue complicated by a history that only Becca's three magical cats truly understand."--Amazon.
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Who would want to kill Tomaso Rainaldi, an elderly, unassuming violin-maker in the quiet Italian city of Cremona? For his friend and fellow violin-maker Gianni Castiglione, the murder is as mysterious as it is shocking. Rainaldi had few possessions, no enemies and little money. No one – least of all the police – can fathom a motive for murdering him. All he really had was an obsessive love of violins and an encyclopedic knowledge of them.
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Following a priceless violin across five decades, this stunning debut novel tells the story of orchestra conductor Rafael Gomez who, inspired by the playing of an aspiring violin virtuoso who suddenly refuses to play another note, will do anything he can to change that.
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"An authentic Stradivarius violin turns up in Romania. A Stradivarius is rare enough, but this one is even more special. It is thought to hold the code disclosing the location of a treasure hidden in the fifteenth century. The violin is steeped in haunting mystique: it is believed to have been hidden by Vlad Dracula, whose historic tyranny led to the fabrication of the myth of vampirism. Russian, Chinese, and Romanian gangs centered in Boston want...
10) Echo
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Życie Sary nagle stanęło w miejscu. Przestała grać na skrzypcach, spotykać się z ludźmi, studiować. W samotności chciała zapomnieć o miłości, która tak niespodziewanie się zakończyła. Oddała pierscionek zaręczynowy, nie wierząc, że cokolwiek można jeszcze uratować. Niespodziewane spotkanie daje jej szanse na odzyskanie wszystkiego, co utraciła. Sara odkrywa, jak wiele jest wstanie zrobić, by odzyskać ukochanego. Spróbuj...
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"In The Problem of the Singular Stradivarius, Part I of The Sequestered Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Holmes is called upon by world-renowned violinist Joseph Joachim to investigate the sudden deterioration of his priceless Stradivarius. Before the mystery winds through its unique and perplexing turns, Holmes's deductive and musical skills are severely tested."--provided by Amazon.com.
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"Tras los pasos de una misteriosa partitura, de Berlín a la Isla de Sumatra. Desde que Lilly Kaiser, una mujer que regenta una tienda de antigüedades en Berlín, perdió a su marido, no ha tenido muchas ganas de emprender nuevos proyectos. Pero un extraño anciano que le deja un misterioso violín antiguo, acompañado de una partitura titulada El jardín a la luz de la luna, despierta su curiosidad. Lilly se pone en contacto con una amiga musicóloga...
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