A world-renowned violinist is found dead in her private rehearsal room at the Königsberg Conservatory, and her $15 million Stradivarius has vanished. Who wanted her dead, and why?
Thursday, March 6th — the Königsberg Conservatory of Music, one of Europe's most prestigious institutions, nestled in the old quarter of the city between the cathedral and the river. The conservatory occupies a magnificent 19th-century building with vaulted rehearsal halls, soundproofed practice rooms, and corridors lined with portraits of its most illustrious alumni.
Elara Voss, 30, was the conservatory's brightest star. A prodigy who gave her first solo recital at age twelve, she had won the Königsberg International Violin Competition three consecutive times — a record that may never be broken. Her performances with the Berlin, Vienna, and London philharmonics were legendary. Critics called her tone "otherworldly," her technique "superhuman." But it was her compositions — seven original pieces for solo violin that blended Baroque precision with modern emotional intensity — that elevated her from performer to genius.
4 people had the means, the motive, or the opportunity. Only one of them is the killer.
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