MORTAL MUSIC by Ann Parker is the 7th novel in the Silver Rush Series. The novel will be published on January 27th, 2020 by Poisoned Pen Press.
To earn some extra money and help advertise her struggling music and curiosities shop, Inez Stannert agrees to be the accompanist for a retiring singer who is performing her final shows in the San Francisco area. After Theia’s pet bird is killed and her favorite dress is destroyed, Inez finds herself working alongside private investigator Wolter Roeland de Bruijn to find the perpetrator before Theia becomes the next victim.
I am a big fan of Inez Stannert and the Silver Rush mysteries, but I found MORTAL MUSIC lacking. The mystery was uninteresting until an actual person was killed and another person went missing. The plot seemed to drag, and the writing just wasn’t up to the quality of the other books in the series. Perhaps if Theia – the woman in danger – had not been so unlikable, I might have been more interested in Inez’s investigation. Overall, the Silver Rush series just has not been the same since Inez relocated from Leadville to San Francisco. Parker did do a great job bringing 1880s San Francisco to life through her vivid descriptions of the city.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.