Happy #thrillerthursday! I’ll admit that when I read the summary for Brendan Slocumb’s first book, The Violin Conspiracy, I was skeptical. But that book pulled me right it. I found it just so compelling. I liked his second book Symphony of Secrets too. The Dark Maestro is his latest book. It’s about a cello player, on the verge of making it big in the rarified air of symphony music, who loses everything.
This story is kind of a hot mess. I liked the characters. Curtis is a musical genius and a big comic book loving nerd. Curtis and his dad Zippy had a strong relationship although there were some rocky times. It took Zippy some time to realize how talented Curtis is. Larissa,Zippy’s girlfriend, really supported and loved Curtis. Zippy worked for a a criminal operation dealing in illegal organ harvesting and agrees to testify to stay out of prison. The family goes into witness protection and Curtis is forced to give up his musical career. Looking for a creative outlet Curtis starts an online comic starring a superhero cello player. After several years in witsec and with the bad guys still looking for them, the family decides to take matters into their own hands and go after the guys who run the illegal organ harvesting ring. The chapters with the family in witsec got a little slow and dragged after a while. But the messy part for me started when Zippy and Larissa were able to leave the country to find the clinic where the organ harvesting was taking place. Larissa was able to get a job at the clinic to try to find some evidence. It got even more over the top after that. Curtis and his family got their revenge, but not without heartache.
I liked this book and thought Ronald Peet did a wonderful job narrating it. He really brought the characters to life, but it’s not my favorite of Slocumb’s books. I’ll still recommend this one, but The Violin Conspiracy is far better.
Can you play a musical instrument? Did you ever take lessons?
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About the Author
Brendan Slocumb was raised in North Carolina, and holds a degree in music education (with concentrations in violin and viola) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For more than twenty years he has been a public and private school music educator and has performed with orchestras throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
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