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An excpetionally accomplished first novel, worthy of comparison with Ruth Rendell - Bel Mooney Both literate and sardonic, filled with persuasive characters - The Sunday Times The plot twists and turns with satisfying cleverness. . . Music lovers will admire Morag Joss's expertise and anybody who loves Bath itself has to buy this novel for the setting alone - Bel Mooney, Bath Chronicle A new and exciting talent in British crime writing - P D James Well written and well plotted, with a good Bath background - Evening Standard A promising first novel. The author writes well and has a keen sense of place. Her evocation of Bath is very convincing - John Boyles, Tangled Web psychological perception, and wit combined with eloquence, Morag Joss compels you to turn the pages until you reach the strangely touching denouement - Bel Mooney

Exhausted by her recent worldwide tour, international cellist Sara Selkirk nevertheless allows herself to become involved with a local amateur opera group, partly because of her continuing on-off affair with DCI Andrew Poole who is also a member. Sara has plenty of cause to regret her involvement as the other members of the group continue to bicker and squabble. There's faded opera diva Helene with her autistic daughter, Adele; vain but untalented composer Cosmo with his long-suffering girlfriend Poppy, not to mention Andrew's embittered wife, Valerie. Sara suspects that their forthcoming rendition of Cosmo's opera about Beau Nash is not going to be a success. What she doesn't expect to encounter is sudden, violent death.