Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Another page-turner by Brendan Slocumb - 5 stars!! This book has alternating time frames and characters, with their stories told in alternating chapters all the while building suspense.
Frederick Delaney is a hugely successful American composer who came to prominence in the 1920s NYC, but whose final symphony was considered an utter failure leading to his suicide. Bern Hendricks is an African American professor of music at the University of Virginia, who has spent his career studied Delaney and his compositions. In addition, the philanthropic Delaney Foundation helped provide him with his French horn and musical support during his school years.
The Delaney Foundation has discovered an additional unpublished piece of his music and summons Bern to New York to help authenticate it and prepare it for performance. He contacts his friend Eboni Washington, an expert in cybersecurity, when he starts uncovering suspicious information about who actually wrote Delaney's compositions.
The story brings in many different themes: race and minorities, inequality, copyright and ownership, musical composition and performance, and much more. Brendan Slocumb is an incredible writer and I'm anxiously looking forward to his next novel!
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