Double Forte': A Gus LeGarde Mystery

Lazar, Aaron Paul

ISBN 10: 1413728383 / ISBN 13: 9781413728385

Published by PublishAmerica, Baltimore, 2004

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264 Pages.

Seller Inventory # 041340

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Double Forte': A Gus LeGarde Mystery
• Publisher: PublishAmerica, Baltimore
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1413728383
• ISBN 13: 9781413728385
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

After four lonely years, music professor Gus LeGarde is stillreeling from the death of his wife Elsbeth. To deal with the loss, he plays endlessChopin etudes on his piano and lavishes love on his grandson and dog, butnothing lessens the pain.
 
Life spirals out of control when Gus heads for the snow-coveredhills on an early morning skiing excursion to find a mute child shackled to abedpost in a cabin. Gus rescues the child but the kidnapper, Baxter, escapesinto the woods to stew in hot revenge.
 
Unexpectedly thrown together withCamille, a social worker who takes the child into her own home, Gus falls hard.The first woman who's stirred his soul since his Elsbeth, Camille is politeenough toward him -- but her own dark secrets have her pulling away despite themutual attraction.
 
When Gus's little grandson goes missing, he fears the worse.Does Baxter have the little boy? Does he want to trade for the mute child? Gusbraces for the fight of his life, struggling to protect Camille and his familybefore time runs out.

About the Author

Aaron Lazar resides in Upstate New York with his wife, three daughters, son-in-law, two grandsons, mother-in-law, dogs Max and Frisky, and three cats, Tristan, Allouette, and Jasmine. When not writing, he works as an engineer and is also a passionate gardener, chef, photographer, cross-country skier, pianist, and fine arts enthusiast.