The Case of the Disappearing Director

Cincinnati, September 1963: Augusta McKee, former opera singer and current professor of voice on two college campuses, finds herself immersed in mystery from the top of her well-coiffed head to the tip of her beloved stilettos.Augusta's beau, handsome Homicide Detective Malcolm Mitchell, is dealing with a tough case: the murder of a “John Doe”—a victim shot gangland-style and dumped from a car near Parkside Playhouse in lovely Eden Park, not far from a gazebo reputedly haunted by the ghost of a woman murdered decades earlier. And to add to the mystery, a possible eyewitness has vanished into thin air. While Malcolm is busy chasing down leads, Augusta’s attention is focused on the student production she is directing, dramatic scenes from opera which feature on-stage ghosts—just in time for Halloween. Offstage, eerie happenings on the Conservatory campus and a menacing ex-student become increasingly troubling distractions, until Augusta begins to wonder: could Malcolm’s case and her mysterious spirits somehow be connected? Her search for the answer soon leads our favorite sleuth to the alarming realization that ghosts are the least of her worries.

After a lifetime as a musician--performer, teacher, musical theater director--Susan Moore Jordan wrote and published her first novel in 2013 at the age of seventy-five, and she hasn't stopped since.
In her first four novels, the author drew from her life experiences as a voice teacher and stage director, and those books were inspired by real people she encountered. 
"The Cameron Saga," Memories of Jake and Man with No Yesterdays were released in March and November of 2017. A departure from her earlier historical novels, these two books detail the struggles of two brothers, Andrew and Jake Cameron, whose lives were irrevocably changed by their service in the Vietnam War. Memories of Jake was the recipient of an honorable mention Red Ribbon Award from the 2017 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.
Recently, Jordan has embarked on a "cozy mystery" series,"The Augusta McKee Mysteries." Book one,The Case of the Slain Soprano, was released in April, 2018 and The Case of the Disappearing Director followed in October, 2018. Book three, The Case of the Toxic Tenor, was released in April, 2019. The Case of the Slain Soprano was a finalist in the 2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.
Articles by Jordan have appeared in Musical America and The Guardian. 
All of Jordan's books are "music-centric" (in the words of one reviewer), and readers comment on the strength of the element of music included in her work. Jordan sees writing as another way to share the music she loves, which she considers "the most powerful force in the universe." 
For more information, please visit her website at susanmoorejordan.com and her Amazon author page.