The Iron Tongue of Midnight, Beverle Graves Myers
The Iron Tongue of Midnight, Beverle Graves Myers
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The Iron Tongue of Midnight

Author: Beverle Graves Myers

Narrator: Geoffrey Blaisdell

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2008

Synopsis

In September 1740, singer Tito Amato is offered the lead role in an opera being staged at an isolated villa in the Italian hills. Puzzled by the air of secrecy that enshrouds the production but attracted by a generous fee, Tito agrees. The countryside is awash with the golden hues of autumn, but the bucolic mood quickly turns menacing when a notorious figure from Titos past turns up at the villa. That night, at the stroke of twelve, a soprano stumbles over a stranger who has been beaten to death with the clock pendulum. With the local constable away on a boar hunt, the midnight murderer strikes with impunity, raising terror to a fevered crescendo. Tito must pursue his own quest for answers, a quest that leads straight into the painful secrets of his heart and beyond.

About Beverle Graves Myers

Beverle Graves Myers practiced psychiatry at a public mental-health clinic before making a midlife career switch to writing. She is the author of the Tito Amato mystery series and the Helluva War series, as well as numerous short stories and articles. Her short story “Haven City” won the 2006 Million Writers Award. She lives in Kentucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paige on February 20, 2025

Couldn't get into it. Ended up skimming the book. I should love a book about opera drama in 18th century Italy, but somehow the plots and characters keep falling flat. The first in this series was the best so far, in my opinion. Also, now that Tito and his lady-love are married, I was hoping for a de......more

Goodreads review by Charles on September 15, 2017

I listened to this some years ago, long enough that I thought the familiar sound of its synopsis might come from having read a different book in the series. After the details piled up and the murder occurred though it was clear I had heard this one in particular. Too bad, as the catalog available to......more

Goodreads review by Vontel on July 27, 2018

Don't think I've read any in this series. Bought this book at a local library book sale; it sat on my shelves for months waiting for me to find the right time to start reading it. Interesting book, complex plot. Don't know if I'll go back & read earlier ones, but will look to see if there are newer......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 25, 2014

Very good entry in this mystery series of opera and the Venice of 1740. This is only the second book I have read from this series but it did not disappoint in its complex yet human tale. Tito Amado, renowned castrato, is invited to the Palladian villa on the mainland where a new opera is being rehear......more

Goodreads review by Alice on July 04, 2012

This is my favourite Tito Amato book so far. Take Agatha Christie, invest her with a love of Baroque opera, and transport her over two hundred years into the past, and this is the novel she would have written. I'm so grateful that Beverle Graves Myers decided to explore her cozy side. The subplot in......more

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