The Composer Is Dead
By Lemony Snicket; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
(HarperCollins, Library Binding, 9780061236280, 40pp.)
Publication Date: March 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover
Categories: Humorous Stories, Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories, Performing Arts - Music
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Spring '09 Kids ListThere's dreadful news from the symphony hall—the composer is dead!
If you have ever heard an orchestra play, then you know that musicians are most certainly guilty of something. Where exactly were the violins on the night in question? Did anyone see the harp? Is the trumpet protesting a bit too boisterously?
In this perplexing murder mystery, everyone seems to have a motive, everyone has an alibi, and nearly everyone is a musical instrument. But the composer is still dead.
Perhaps you can solve the crime yourself. Join the Inspector as he interrogates all the unusual suspects. Then listen to the accompanying audio recording featuring Lemony Snicket and the music of Nathaniel Stookey performed by the San Francisco Symphony. Hear for yourself exactly what took place on that fateful, well-orchestrated evening.
Lemony Snicket is often despondent, mostly about his published research, which includes A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Composer Is Dead.
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