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Two-time Edgar Award winner Rupert Holmes–author of the critically acclaimed Where in fact the Truth Lies and creator of the Tony Award-winning musical whodunit The Mystery of Edwin Drood–now fuses gripping suspense and evocative music within an impressive novel of intrigue set in 1940, through the very heart of the top Band era. Swing is a multimedia experience, it includes musical tracks which give clues to the mystery.Jazz saxophonist and arranger Ray Sherwood, touring with the Jack Donovan Orchestra, is haunted by personal tragedy. However when a beautiful and talented Berkeley student named Gail Prentice seeks his help in orchestrating an extremely original composition called Swing Around the Sun, which is slated to premiere at the Golden Gate Exposition on the newly created Treasure Island in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay, Ray finds himself powerfully drawn to the beguiling coed. Within occasions of first setting eyes on her behalf, Ray also witnesses a horrifying sight: a young woman plunging to her death from the island's emblematic Tower of the Sun.As the captivated Ray learns more about Gail and her unusual family, he finds himself trapped in a tightening coil of spiraling secrets– some personally devastating, all dangerous and deadly– where from moment to moment there is nothing certain, including Gail's intentions toward him and her connection to the dead woman who made such a grisly impact upon the stunning island. As events speed toward a shocking climax, Ray must use all his physical daring and improvisational skills to unlock an ominous puzzle whose sinister implications stretch far beyond anything he could imagine.Swing is an excellent historical thriller–with an extra twist that extends beyond its pages. Accompanying the novel is a CD of original songs and music that feature prominently in the story, within which the reader may find additional clues to the mysteries of Swing.
