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Loading... Requiem in Vienna: A Viennese Mystery (edition 2010)by J. Sydney Jones (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Someone is trying to kill Gustav Mahler the fiery conductor and composer. A fun read with people and places that really existed in late nineteenth century Vienna. ( ) Lawyer and private investigator Karl Werthen looks into a series of "accidents" that seems to be attempts on Gustav Mahler's life after being requested to do so by Alma Schindler. There is a rather large cast of suspects which seems to grow after each new attempt on Mahler's life. While the mystery itself is not bad, the writing does not flow as smoothly as it should. The author did a wonderful job in the historical research for the novel, but it reads more like a work of non-fiction (minus the footnotes) than it does as a work of fiction. Still, however, those who appreciate the music of the period of Brahms, Mahler, and Strauss should enjoy this mystery. no reviews | add a review
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After a singer is killed during rehearsals of a new production, the evidence suggest that someone is trying to murder the famed conductor and composer Gustav Mahler. His mistress ask Karl Werhem to help stop the attacks. No library descriptions found. |
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