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Puccini's Ghosts

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Music, love, and danger intertwined.

"Puccini's Ghosts" would be a good read for someone who enjoys a blend of coming-of-age stories, romance, and a touch of darkness. The unique feature of the book is the way it fuses reality and fantasy, creating a dangerous and captivating mix. The book is well-written and engaging, and readers would appreciate the vivid description of Scotland's west coast and the intricacies of the characters' relationships.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Puccini's Ghosts

by Morag Joss
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Compare to estimated retail price: S$16.81  

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ISBN: 9780340820513
Authors: Morag Joss
Publisher: Sceptre
Date of Publication: 2006-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Mystery, Suspense
Goodreads rating: 3.1
(rated by 251 readers)

Description

CWA Silver Dagger Award winner Morag Joss peers into the soul of a wounded family in this haunting, harrowing masterpiece of psychological suspense. With equal parts subtlety and menace, Joss takes us on a dizzying journey toward a collision between fantasy and reality—and an astounding moment of revelation that shatters illusions, hopes, and lives forever.The year is 1960. The place is a Scottish seaside town utterly devoid of culture and charm. Here, Lila lives as the third player in her parents’ dramatically embittered marriage. Until her flamboyant, irrepressible uncle George shows up from London and her family decides to squander a windfall on the most preposterous of a civic production of the Puccini opera Turandot.Lila knows nothing of opera and little of her uncle or the dashing young man he hires to sing the role of Calaf. But Lila does know passion. Because it’s coursing through her veins—and rushing blindly, wildly all around her. Now a girl on the verge of womanhood is about to blunder into a grown-up world where secrets are kept and exposed, hopes soar and wither, and where crimes petty and great exact the most chilling punishments of all.Masterfully paced and spellbinding till its final, haunting scene, Puccini’s Ghosts is a piercing look into the fierce darkness that lurks behind seemingly ordinary lives.From the Hardcover edition.
 

Music, love, and danger intertwined.

"Puccini's Ghosts" would be a good read for someone who enjoys a blend of coming-of-age stories, romance, and a touch of darkness. The unique feature of the book is the way it fuses reality and fantasy, creating a dangerous and captivating mix. The book is well-written and engaging, and readers would appreciate the vivid description of Scotland's west coast and the intricacies of the characters' relationships.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.