PRAISE
"I adored every word. You kept me on the edge of my seat, the tension which you created made my heart flutter. Never would I have expected the thesis behind the mystery. YET: the story which you have conceived is built around the very same principles which I espouse. Your insight and depth into each character bespeak your love and mastery of your profession and love and devotion to music. You have educated many who focus on the exterior of our mission and validated those who seek the illusive gift of the art. I smiled reading of the HUMAN(ity) of the wood, the soul of man, the expression of the art. I could continue and continue. Bravo, Bravo...."
Sherry Kloss
Internationally acclaimed violinist, student of the great Jascha Heifetz, and author of Jascha Heifetz: Through My Eyes. Kloss plays the Tononi violin which Heifetz bequeathed to her, the very instrument on which the incomparable master made his 1917 Carnegie Hall debut.
“Garcia furnishes a welcome escape into the captivating urbanity of a lost age. Exquisitely written, and very entertaining, with a classic Sherlockian twist at the end.”
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Music Director, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
“Emanuel Garcia's wonderful mystery was completely engrossing, gathering momentum as it closed in on the final concert with all the surrounding shenanigans. From our vantage point as professional musicians, Garcia's meticulous research and attention to detail created a multi-faceted and realistic story. The engaging and entertaining dialogue was full of inside and outside jokes and the Agatha Christie surprise ending was a 'tour de force'.
Rolf Gjelsten and Helene Pohl, New Zealand String Quartet
“I couldn’t stop reading this marvelous work.”
Eugene Garfield, Founding Editor, The Scientist Magazine
“With 'The Case of the Missing Stradivarius,' Emanuel Garcia has composed a multi-layered delight that transports readers to the turn-of-the-century world of Holmes, Freud, and a legion of European musicians. Combining the suspense of a good mystery with an erudite history of the violin and a psychoanalytic twist, Garcia’s tale enchants and edifies from start to finish. And once you are done with the novel, don’t miss the Notes, worthy of Borges in their wit and learning. Bravo!”
Kathleen Ross, Scholar and translator of Hispanic literature
Conan Doyle lives again at a molto vivace pace! Exciting and musically accurate.
Laurence Reese, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Sherry Kloss
Internationally acclaimed violinist, student of the great Jascha Heifetz, and author of Jascha Heifetz: Through My Eyes. Kloss plays the Tononi violin which Heifetz bequeathed to her, the very instrument on which the incomparable master made his 1917 Carnegie Hall debut.
“Garcia furnishes a welcome escape into the captivating urbanity of a lost age. Exquisitely written, and very entertaining, with a classic Sherlockian twist at the end.”
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Music Director, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
“Emanuel Garcia's wonderful mystery was completely engrossing, gathering momentum as it closed in on the final concert with all the surrounding shenanigans. From our vantage point as professional musicians, Garcia's meticulous research and attention to detail created a multi-faceted and realistic story. The engaging and entertaining dialogue was full of inside and outside jokes and the Agatha Christie surprise ending was a 'tour de force'.
Rolf Gjelsten and Helene Pohl, New Zealand String Quartet
“I couldn’t stop reading this marvelous work.”
Eugene Garfield, Founding Editor, The Scientist Magazine
“With 'The Case of the Missing Stradivarius,' Emanuel Garcia has composed a multi-layered delight that transports readers to the turn-of-the-century world of Holmes, Freud, and a legion of European musicians. Combining the suspense of a good mystery with an erudite history of the violin and a psychoanalytic twist, Garcia’s tale enchants and edifies from start to finish. And once you are done with the novel, don’t miss the Notes, worthy of Borges in their wit and learning. Bravo!”
Kathleen Ross, Scholar and translator of Hispanic literature
Conan Doyle lives again at a molto vivace pace! Exciting and musically accurate.
Laurence Reese, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra