The Stradivarius

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When a surprise inheritance and whirlwind romance offer Mae a chance to escape her repressive aunt she's all too eager to elope and start life anew in her childhood home. But when she and her new husband arrive the towering Victorian sits in disrepair and Mae learns that her father's decade-old unsolved murder is still a source of rumor and speculation in town.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Leading the charge to unravel the </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>mystery</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> surrounding her father's death is Ollie a vibrant genderqueer and an outsider in their hometown. Sure that solving the cold case will land them a coveted job in the police department Ollie gains access to the Victorian by agreeing to do maintenance work on the property.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Inside Mae is taunted by a feminine </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>specter</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> soft voices from empty rooms and distinct melodies of Lady Paola: the priceless </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Stradivarius</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> violin stolen the night of her father's </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>murder</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Forte mezzo-forte the measured andante cadence.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Her hiss her pull her scream.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Mae fears the house is haunted by her father's </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>spirit</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> her husband believes she's going the way of her mother-slipping into </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>madness</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> but Ollie suspects something more </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>sinister</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is at play. If Ollie and Mae can't work together to uncover the Victorian's secrets Mae will join her mother in an institution or her father in the grave.</span></p><p><br></p>