A locked room. A shattered violin. A vanished woman. And a secret that has been buried for twenty years.
When the celebrated violinist Madame Celestine Carrington disappears from a locked dressing room on the eve of her most important London performance—leaving behind only a shattered glass violin, three carefully placed drops of blood, and a cryptic note reading Tonight, the dead shall be heard—Sherlock Holmes is drawn into a case unlike any he has encountered.
Behind the spectacle lies a web of deception spanning two decades and half a continent: a dead composer’s stolen masterworks, a powerful patron who built his fortune on forgery, and a woman who has spent eight years quietly assembling the evidence to bring him down. But Carrington’s elaborate trap has set forces in motion she cannot fully control, and the man she seeks to expose is prepared to ensure that no witness survives to tell the truth.
Paisley MacDonald writes cozy mysteries threaded with slow-burn romance, small-town secrets, and just enough danger to keep the kettle whistling. Drawn to wind-swept villages, lakeside cafés, and tight-knit communities where everyone knows your name—and your business—she loves exploring the tender spaces between grief and hope, loyalty and betrayal, suspicion and love. Her stories blend clever clues, atmospheric settings, and emotionally grounded heroines who solve crimes while navigating matters of the heart. When she isn’t plotting fictional mischief, Paisley can be found walking coastal paths, collecting vintage teacups, and eavesdropping (purely for research) in charming neighborhood cafés.View all by Paisley MacDonald
