Verdi Overtures

About the Book

One summer two PhD students of a world-renowned professor of Verdi die in apparent accidents. Is someone trying to punish him? Could it be another of his students? His grandson, helping uncover the facts, becomes enmeshed in a deadly spiral of murder that takes him from New York to Wyoming, London, Paris, Vienna and Milan before a final confrontation in Verona's amphitheater at a performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore. Carefully researched, Verdi Overtures brings to life the world of opera -- its passion and power and effect on those who live it to the full, from the 18th century world of Gluck through the 19th century world of Verdi to the present day.

About the Author

Having read and attended all of Shakespeare’s plays, John R. Hauge has written a murder mystery that echoes their depth of characterization and joy of language as well as the passion that has caused others to spend their lifetimes championing other possible authors. Mr. Hauge, a graduate of Dartmouth College, Oxford University, and Harvard Business School, has spent nearly 30 years in the world of finance – governmental (U.S. Treasury Department), private (CFO of a wireless data company), and developmental (currently the CFO of the Inter-American Development Bank). His first murder mystery, an opera, was Verdi Overtures. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and son.