The King of Ragtime - Couverture rigide

Karp, Larry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1590585267 ISBN 13 : 9781590585269

Editeur : Poisoned Pen Pr, 2008

Synopsis

The King of Ragtime It's 1916, and time's running out for Scott Joplin. Before he dies, he wants to secure his place in history by writing a musical drama. When Irving Berlin flatly denies receiving the manuscript, Joplin's young piano student, Martin Niederhoffer, resorts to hiring a hit man. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It's 1916, and time's running out for Scott Joplin. Before he dies, he wants to provide for his wife and to secure his place in musical history. He's written a musical drama. His young piano student, Martin Niederhoffer, who works as a bookkeeper at Waterson, Berlin, and Snyder Music Publishers, convinces him to try to get Irving Berlin to publish and produce the work. The next day, Niederhoffer walks into his office and finds Joplin crouched over the blood-soaked body of a young man. He hustles his teacher away; unfortunately, the two are seen leaving the building. Nell Stark, daughter of Joplin's first publisher, John Stark, hides Joplin and Niederhoffer from the police and calls her father in from St. Louis to help sort out the mess. After Berlin flatly denies ever having received Joplin's play, young Niederhoffer breaks cover and engages the services of hit man Footsie Vinny, who gives Berlin a five-day deadline to come up with the manuscript. And just when things couldn't get worse, Niederhoffer's girlfriend, Birdie, is kidnapped. Nell and John Stark must get around Joplin's fragile mental and emotional state, Berlin's dogged resistance, Niederhoffer's impulsiveness, the police, and their own loving but edgy relationship in order to locate Joplin's work, find Birdie, and exonerate the composer and the bookkeeper.

Biographie de l'auteur

Larry Karp's first published mystery fiction was a serial called Richard Richard, Private Dick, which appeared in a neighborhood newspaper Larry wrote, printed, and distributed when he was eight. Larry has also written long and short nonfiction, practiced perinatal medicine, and restored and collected antique music boxes. Larry says he's a New Yorker, though he and his wife have lived in Seattle for thirty years and counting. They have two grown children. The King of Ragtime is second in his Ragtime Mysteries series, following The Ragtime Kid.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590585267
• ISBN 13: 9781590585269
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible