Peter Diamond head of Bath CID takes a city break in Vienna where his favourite film The Third Man was set but everything goes wrong & his companion Paloma calls a halt to their relationship. Meanwhile strange things are happening to jobbing musician Mel Farran who finds himself scouted by methods closer to the spy world than the concert platform. The chance of joining a once-famous string quartet in a residency at Bath Spa University is too tempting for Mel to refuse. Then a body is found in the city canal & the only clue to the dead woman's identity is the tattoo of a music note on one of her teeth. For Diamond who wouldn't know a Stradivarius from a French horn the investigation is his most demanding ever. Three mysterious deaths need to be probed while his own personal life is in free fall... Peter Lovesey has been hailed by the critics as 'superlative' 'a master of the genre' 'never puts a foot wrong' & the Peter Diamond series as 'one of the most enjoyable police series around'. This new case for the much-loved detective will bring new praise & much satisfaction for his legions of fans.