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In a masterful standalone thriller by New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series, Tess Gerritsen, a mother is haunted by a very old piece of music she finds in a strange antique shop in Rome.The first time violinist Julia Ansdell picked up the Incendio Waltz in a darkened antique shop in Rome, she knew it was a strikingly unusual composition. The minor key and complex feverish arpeggios have a life of their own. But when she plays the piece, Julia blacks out and awakens to find her small daughter implicated in acts of surprising violence. When she travels to Venice to find the previous owner of the music, she uncovers a heart-stoppingly dark secret that not only dates back to the horrors of the Holocaust, but also directly involves a dangerously powerful family who would stop at nothing to keep Julia from bringing the truth to light.
About the Author
Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, "Adrift", which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.Tess's first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997) , Bloodstream (1998) , Gravity (1999) , The Surgeon (2001) , The Apprentice (2002) , The Sinner (2003) , Body Double (2004) , Vanish (2005) , The Mephisto Club (2006) , The Bone Garden (2007) , The Keepsake (2008; UK title: Keeping the Dead) , Ice Cold (2010; UK title: The Killing Place) , The Silent Girl (2011) , Last To Die (2012) , Die Again (2014) , Playing With Fire (2015) , and I Know A Secret (2017) . Her books have been published in forty countries, and more than 30 million copies have been sold around the world.Her books have been top-3 bestsellers in the United States and number one bestsellers abroad. She has won both the Nero Wolfe Award (for Vanish) and the Rita Award (for The Surgeon) . Critics around the world have praised her novels as "Pulse-pounding fun" (Philadelphia Inquirer) , "Scary and brilliant" (Toronto Globe and Mail) , and "Polished, riveting prose" (Chicago Tribune) . Publisher Weekly has dubbed her the "medical suspense queen".Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT television series "Rizzoli & Isles" starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.Now retired from medicine, she writes full time. She lives in Maine.For more information on Tess Gerritsen and her novels, visit her website: www.tessgerritsen.co.uk.
