Publisher's Synopsis
"Greylock is a thrilling musical tragedy steeped in lore, mythology, and the madness of composition. This book will have you swooning in the aisles." -Richard Thomas, author of Disintegration. "An imaginative, sophisticated read." -Michael Schmicker, author of The Witch of Napoli. "A smart, entertaining supernatural thriller. Think Stephen King meets Raymond Chandler with a score by Tchaikovsky. Briskly paced and yet lovingly detailed . . . a genuine pleasure to read." -David Corbett, author of The Mercy of the Night. Pianist Alexei Georg harbors a dark secret. He discovers an anonymous old sonata in a 19th-century Russian sea chest. But when Alexei performs this music in concert, a creature of darkness appears. The menacing presence haunts Alexei relentlessly, following him from the cloistered circles of Boston's music scene to a whale-song expedition in White Sea of northern Russia. Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Alexei has pursued a steamy affair with the gorgeous Lia Marrs. When his wife is found murdered, Alexei flees Boston to take refuge at an isolated music center on Mt. Greylock in western Massachusetts, determined to compose a new symphony based on the song of the beluga whales. But Alexei cannot flee the unstoppable sonata that he has released into this world. Alone on Greylock, he must find a way to face the dark force within his music or become prisoner to its power. Seductive, haunting, devilish, Greylock is a supernatural mystery by the author of the award-winning The Dazzling Darkness. Author Paula Cappa is the author of two critically acclaimed earlier novels, The Dazzling Darkness and Night Sea Journey. She lives in Pound Ridge, New York.
