The world-famous double bass player Dimitri Sachow escapes from prison one morning. His career path is unusual: from child prodigy to serial murderer. A melody is Inspector Schrenk's first point of reference. In order to prevent further murders by the psychopathic virtuoso, Schrenk enters into a strange musical world. A bizarre composer, a fictitious concerto, and a father obsessed with perfection, lead him to the scene of the last gruesome murder. The short crime story 'The Double Bass Pl...

The world-famous double bass player Dimitri Sachow escapes from prison one morning. His career path is unusual: from child prodigy to serial murderer. A melody is Inspector Schrenk's first point of reference. In order to prevent further murders by the psychopathic virtuoso, Schrenk enters into a strange musical world. A bizarre composer, a fictitious concerto, and a father obsessed with perfection, lead him to the scene of the last gruesome murder. The short crime story 'The Double Bass Pl...

"Tuli and the three ice flowers" tells the tale of a young girl from the land of the far north, where she experiences the same destiny as Cinderella. In the land of the far north ice flowers are a sign of a pure heart. Only those whose hearts are full of love can create beautiful ice flowers from their own breath. The prince quickly falls under the spell of Tuli's ice flowers. But, by means of a spell the wicked stepmother uses Tuli's ice flowers to make the prince fall in love with her ow...

"Tuli and the three ice flowers" tells the tale of a young girl from the land of the far north, where she experiences the same destiny as Cinderella. In the land of the far north ice flowers are a sign of a pure heart. Only those whose hearts are full of love can create beautiful ice flowers from their own breath. The prince quickly falls under the spell of Tuli's ice flowers. But, by means of a spell the wicked stepmother uses Tuli's ice flowers to make the prince fall in love with her ow...

In homage to that most civilised of activities, letter writing, Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire created the literary afternoons of Women of Letters. Some of Australia's finest dames of stage, screen and page have delivered missives on a series of themes.Published here for the first time are Deborah Conway writing about the ups and downs of being a dog owner in A Letter to the Best Decision I Ever Made; Ita Buttrose imagining an alternative life as an opera singer in A Letter to ...

"A remarkably clear-sighted account of how music changes everything and nothing. Mrs. Sivan's piano lessons are invaluable and unsentimental lessons in life." ―Lavinia Greenlaw, author of The Importance of Music to GirlsAnna Goldsworthy was nine years old when she met Eleanora Sivan, the charismatic Russian émigré and world-class pianist who became her piano teacher. Piano Lessons is the story of what Mrs. Sivan brought to Anna's...

Life On Victoria Square #3 - A companion series to the Victoria Square Mysteries by Lorraine BartlettKatie Bonner needs a pick-me-up one cold and gloomy fall day, and the US Mail delivers—literally. A mysterious package arrives at Artisans Alley with her name on it, but the return address is obscured and the treasure inside, a beautiful bone china teacup, is broken. Before Katie can open the accompanying card, she’s called away and one of the vendors mista...

This heart-warming new book from Georgina Walker is packed full of real-life encounters with loved ones who have passed over. Here everyday people share their remarkable stories of amazing synchronicities and unexpected moments of magic in amongst the overwhelming grief that surround times of separation and loss. Many accounts tell of guidance by departed loved ones, some of funny incidents that bring laughter amidst the tears. Most importantly each story contains further insights into the...

Easy Piano / Keyboard for Children and AdultsThis is my latest book completed August 2013 and is aimed at absolute beginners, particularly children, or adults with a sense of humor. This starts at the very beginning, assumes no musical knowledge and progresses at a fairy slow rate. Both informative, funny and very easy to read with many diagrams and pictures.Items covered are:Learning conventional music notation from scratch

Change is always hard, but especially so for a young girl who loses her parents and has to "make a new home." Nancy loved the farm and everything about it and knows she will hate living in the city. Or will she?

From the New York Times bestselling author comes a riveting collection of short fiction, marked by the piercing psychological insight and brilliant characterization that are hallmarks of his acclaimed novels.Ever since the publication of his first mystery featuring Detective Inspector Alan Banks, Peter Robinson has been steadily building a reputation for compulsively readable and perceptive novels that probe the dark side of human nature. Plumbing the territory that he has...

The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her.Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline and rigor of the oboe, and quickly became a young prodigy on the rise in New York City's competitive music scene.But haunted by troubling childhood memories while balan...