Wilson Barbara (EN) — Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists

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Cassandra Reilly travels to Venice to solve the mystery of a missing bassoon, and lands in the midst of an international cast of characters who all have something to hideAt the Venice-based symposium on women musicians of Vivaldi's time, an instrument has gone missing: an antique bassoon, an invaluable family heirloomand bassoonist Nicky Gibbons stands accused of the theft. Determined to clear her name, Nicky calls Cassandra Reillylesbian translator and part-time sleuth extraordinaireand summons her to the City of Water. Fifteen scholars and musicians are attending the symposium, and each has a multitude of quirks and secretsas well as motive to steal the bassoon. As Cassandra investigates, she immerses herself in the world of Baroque music, the tangle of personal intrigues at the symposium, and a second mystery involving the orphaned bassoonists of eighteenth-century Venice.Wry, intelligent, and atmospheric,The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonistsis the fourth and final book in the Cassandra Reilly Mystery series, which begins withGaud Afternoon,Trouble in Transylvania, andThe Death of a Much-Travelled Woman.