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Paganini's ghost by Paul Adam

An excellent follow-up to "The Rinaldi Quartet" and reacquaints us with police detective Antonio Gustafeste.

I found this book to be a crash course in violins, composers, historical figures, and beautiful things that by their beauty, brings out the worst in human nature.

The action moves from Cremona, to Genoa, to Paris, to England, and back again. And along the way, there is Paganini, Napoleon Bonaparte, his sister, Elise, and the rumors of a very small solid gold violin.