A gripping page-turner about an ambitious young professor a Jazz Age woman obsessed with music, a world-famous composer, and a shocking secret that will echo across the generations. In present-day New York City, musicology professor Bern Hendricks has just received the call of a lifetime: to authenticate the long-lost musical masterpiece of Frederic Delaney —arguably the greatest and most prolific composer since Beethoven. Bern believes he knows everything there is to know about the man and his music, but Bern soon discovers that the truth behind the masterpieces -and behind Delaney himself-is far more complicated than he could ever have imagined. Back in 1920s Manhattan, struggling musician Freddy Delaney meets Josephine Reed. Josephine is living on the streets, sneaking into jazz clubs, and writing music in every genre, from jazz to classical to danceable show tunes. She's a natural, and Freddy convinces her to work with him. With Josephine as Delaney's silent partner, his career takes off -but who is the real genius here? In the present, Bern teams up with tech-savyy Eboni Washington, and the we begin to uncover clues that indicate Delaney may have had help composing his most successful works. Armed with more questions than answers and caught in the crosshairs of a powerful organization determined to keep its secrer hidden, Bern and Eboni will move heaven and earth in their dogged quest to uncover Josephine's legacy and right history's wrongs.

ISBN: 9780593315446