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The Organ Job: A Musical Mystery Featuring Johann Sebastian Bach

James y. Bartlett

Award-winning historical novelist James Y. Bartlett has reimagined the great German composer and keyboard virtuoso Johann Sebastian Bach as a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Keith Richards in this imaginative new historical mystery.

During a visit to the German city of Kassel to inspect the church's newly constructed pipe organ, (based on an actual event in his life) Bach, his wife Anna Magdalena and his cousin and personal secretary Elias Bach (who serves as Dr. Watson to Bach's Sherlock) discover that the pastor of the church may have murdered his young wife.

And while they investigate that, Bach learns an old adversary from his past is a guest of the Prince of Hesse, and he plots some musical revenge.

While the heads of Bach scholars may explode, Bartlett has created a delightful contrapuntal mystery set in the heart of 18th century Germany that music and mystery lovers are sure to enjoy.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Yeoman House
  • Publish Date: Nov 28th, 2024
  • Pages: 246
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.67in - 0.74lb
  • EAN: 9798988194316
  • Categories: Historical - GeneralMystery & Detective - Historical

About the Author

Bartlett, James y.: - James Y. Bartlett is an award-winning American novelist who has published 16 novels after a long career as a prolific magazine writer and editor.His epic historical novel Year of the Sheep, set in the Scottish Highlands during the Clearances, was shortlisted in the 2021 Fiction of the Year contest by BookLife, the independent publishing industry magazine from Publisher's Weekly.He has also written popular novels set in the world of professional golf in his Hacker Golf Mystery series; and about small-town cops in the Swamp Yankee Mystery series. He has also published six nonfiction books in his career.Bartlett lives in a small town in Rhode Island.