MUSIC WHEN SWEET VOICES DIE

by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 27, 1979

Murder at the San Francisco Opera--in a somewhat disappointing return for lawyer-sleuth Charlie Spotted Moon (Ogilvie, Tallant & Moon, 1976). Neither Charlie's Indian background nor the opera milieu is made much of, though the death-by-poisoning of the unpopular tenor (a drug addict with ""the morals of a mink"") takes place on stage during a performance of Tales of Hoffman. The international suspects' motives--the usual run of envy, jealousy, and revenge--is belabored in talky runarounds, and the solution doesn't have the intended impact; Yarbro's real energy here seems devoted instead to overdone dialogue for feminists and chauvinist pigs. But for areas where opera or women's-lib circles intersect with the mystery audience--a respectable enough filler.

Pub Date: Feb. 27, 1979

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1979

Categories: FICTION