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Devil's Trill (Daniel Jacobus Mystery, #1) by Gerald Elias is a music available to read on EtoBox.

What is Devil's Trill (Daniel Jacobus Mystery, #1) about?

From concert violinist Gerald Elias comes this debut set in the classical music world about the theft of a priceless violin. Daniel Jacobus is a blind, reclusive, crotchety violin teacher living in self-imposed exile in rural New England. He spends his time chain-smoking, listening to old LPs, and occasionally taking on new students, whom he berates in the hope that they will flee. Jacobus is drawn back into the world he left behind when he decides to attend The Grimsley Competition at Carnegie Hall. The young winner of this competition is granted the honor of playing the Piccolino Stradivarius, a uniquely dazzling three-quarter-size violin that has brought misfortune to all who possessed it over the centuries. But the violin is stolen before the winner of the competition has a chance to play it, and Jacobus is the primary suspect. With the help of his friend and former musical partner, Nathaniel Williams, his new...

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Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.

Author
Gerald Elias
Publisher
St. Martin's Press;Minotaur Books
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780312541811
Category
music
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
Rating
3.48 / 5 (366 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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