The King of Ragtime
Published on 19. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-1-59058-527-6 (ISBN)
Description
It's 1916 and time is running out for Scott Joplin. He's written a new musical drama and his young piano student, Martin Niederhoffer convinces him to try to get it published and producd by Irving Berlin.
The next day, Niederhoffer finds Joplin in Berlin's office, crouched over the blood-soaked body of a young man. He hustles his teacher away, but they are seen leaving the building.
Then Berlin denies receiving Joplin's play, Niederhoffer breaks cover and hires a hit man, and Niederhoffer's girlfriend, Birdie, is kidnapped.
Can Joplin's original publisher John Stark and his daughter Nell clear the musician of charges?
The King of Ragtime is second in Larry Karp's Ragtime Mysteries series, following The Ragtime Kid. Karp lives and writes in Seattle.
www.larrykarp.com
The next day, Niederhoffer finds Joplin in Berlin's office, crouched over the blood-soaked body of a young man. He hustles his teacher away, but they are seen leaving the building.
Then Berlin denies receiving Joplin's play, Niederhoffer breaks cover and hires a hit man, and Niederhoffer's girlfriend, Birdie, is kidnapped.
Can Joplin's original publisher John Stark and his daughter Nell clear the musician of charges?
The King of Ragtime is second in Larry Karp's Ragtime Mysteries series, following The Ragtime Kid. Karp lives and writes in Seattle.
www.larrykarp.com
More details
Series
Edition
Large type / large print edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Scottsdale
United States
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59058-527-6 (9781590585276)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Larry Karp, Casey's father, has written long and short nonfiction, restored and collected antique music boxes, and practiced perinatal medicine. He left medical work in 1994 to write mystery novels full-time. The RagTime Traveler is the fourth book of an historical-mystery series, following The Ragtime Kid, The King of Ragtime, and The Ragtime Fool. A self-described New Yorker, Larry and his wife Myra have lived in Seattle for 46 years. They have two grown children and one grandchild.