"NOT SINCE DASHIELL HAMMETT'S MALTESE FALCON HAS AN OBJECT OF DESIRE CAUSED SO MUCH TROUBLE " Craigie Zildjian

In a beguiling tale of deception and murder, desire and theft, seduction and betrayal where nothing is what it appears to be a man is murdered and an iconic musical instrument is stolen during a gathering at Eliot Sexton s Park Avenue apartment. The stolen item an object of desire worshipped by millions is the key to solving the crime, or so the detective brought in to investigate believes. The murder, however, is not nearly as straightforward as it seems nor is the...