Roger Hecht ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Dectective novelist Jonathan Valin did a great pas de deux on compulsive >record collectors in The Music Lovers. At least for the first 1/3. >AFter that it becomes a standard, albeit quite decent mystery. Just >about every character's name is a composer. I don't recall this last fact, but I do remember it being a reasonably good read. But, if you want a great novel, that is also a mystery and has a classical involvement, then I strongly recommend On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill. A key aspect of the novel is a young singer and her recording of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, rendered into English. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]