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Swing : A Mystery by Rupert Holmes (2006, Trade Paperback)

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“Swing just might be the best historical thriller of the year. Certainly it is the most creative.”. Ray soon finds himself trapped in a coil of spiraling secrets in which nothing is certain, including Gail’s intentions toward him and her connection to the dead woman.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100812970977

ISBN-139780812970975

eBay Product ID (ePID)46826024

Product Key Features

Book TitleSwing : a Mystery

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicThrillers / Historical, Romance / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical, Mystery & Detective / General

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorRupert Holmes

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Imaginative, smart and impressively elaborate, a sophisticated foray into musical mystery plotting." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Holmes's clever period mystery [gathers together] the bitter and the sweet, and makes the kind of music you want to hear." -The New York Times Book Review "From the first paragraph it's clear that Swing . . . is subtle and inviting . . . an excellent novel and an impressive tale of intrigue. We are swept along by often beautiful prose in a brilliantly structured story that is fascinating to read as it unfolds its secrets." -San Jose Mercury News "It's the people, living and dead, who stay in the memory after the last page has been turned, the last letter-perfect description of a vanished world has touched a chord, the last note of swing music has been played." -Chicago Tribune, "Imaginative, smart and impressively elaborate, a sophisticated foray into musical mystery plotting." Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Holmes's clever period mystery [gathers together] the bitter and the sweet, and makes the kind of music you want to hear." The New York Times Book Review "From the first paragraph it's clear that Swing . . . is subtle and inviting . . . an excellent novel and an impressive tale of intrigue. We are swept along by often beautiful prose in a brilliantly structured story that is fascinating to read as it unfolds its secrets." San Jose Mercury News "It's the people, living and dead, who stay in the memory after the last page has been turned, the last letter-perfect description of a vanished world has touched a chord, the last note of swing music has been played." Chicago Tribune

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Synopsis"Swing just might be the best historical thriller of the year. Certainly it is the most creative." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In the swinging big band era, jazz saxophonist and arranger Ray Sherwood is haunted by personal tragedy. But when Gail Prentice, a beautiful and talented Berkeley student, seeks his help in orchestrating an original composition slated to debut at the newly created Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, Ray is diverted from his worries and drawn to the beguiling coed. Within moments of their first meeting, however, Ray witnesses a horrifying sight: a woman plunging to her death from the island's emblematic Tower of the Sun. Ray soon finds himself trapped in a coil of spiraling secrets in which nothing is certain, including Gail's intentions toward him and her connection to the dead woman. And as events speed toward the shocking climax, Ray must unlock an ominous puzzle with sinister implications that stretch far beyond anything he could imagine., "Swing just might be the best historical thriller of the year. Certainly it is the most creative." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In the swinging big band era, jazz saxophonist and arranger Ray Sherwood is haunted by personal tragedy. But when Gail Prentice, a beautiful and talented Berkeley student, seeks his help in orchestrating an original composition slated to debut at the newly created Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, Ray is diverted from his worries and drawn to the beguiling coed. Within moments of their first meeting, however, Ray witnesses a horrifying sight: a woman plunging to her death from the island's emblematic Tower of the Sun. Ray soon finds himself trapped in a coil of spiraling secrets in which nothing is certain, including Gail's intentions toward him and her connection to the dead woman. And as events speed toward the shocking climax, Ray must unlock an ominous puzzle with sinister implications that stretch far beyond anything he could imagine.