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Composition for Murder
(2026)(The third book in the Lottie Reamer Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Donna Muse
When academia turns deadly, the Singing Sleuth faces her most challenging case yet.
Amateur detective and café performer Lottie Reamer enters Melody Grove University’s prestigious Ivory Key composition competition hoping to gain a shred of musical credibility. Instead, she stumbles into murder when the competition’s pompous head judge, Professor Archibald Montague, is found poisoned—clutching a conductor’s baton—in the university’s grand performance hall.
What appears to be a straightforward case quickly crescendos into something far more sinister. As Lottie and her no-nonsense librarian sidekick Jillian Cooper investigate, they uncover a decades-old web of academic corruption: stolen compositions, ruined careers, and celebrated reputations built on plagiarism and silence.
With suspects ranging from a desperate graduate student to a department chair guarding institutional secrets—and a bitter composer seeking long-delayed revenge—Lottie must rely on her musical intuition and sharp curiosity to stay one step ahead. All while trying not to make a fool of herself in front of elite classical musicians who already doubt her place among them.
But when forged evidence and a shocking false confession threaten to derail the case, Lottie realizes the real danger lies in a system willing to protect itself at any cost. And if she hits the wrong note, she could be silenced for good.
From the author of the beloved Lottie Reamer Cozy Mysteries series comes a delightfully twisted cozy mystery about ambition, buried truths, and the power of an authentic voice to expose even the most carefully orchestrated lies.
Because some songs refuse to be silenced
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Amateur detective and café performer Lottie Reamer enters Melody Grove University’s prestigious Ivory Key composition competition hoping to gain a shred of musical credibility. Instead, she stumbles into murder when the competition’s pompous head judge, Professor Archibald Montague, is found poisoned—clutching a conductor’s baton—in the university’s grand performance hall.
What appears to be a straightforward case quickly crescendos into something far more sinister. As Lottie and her no-nonsense librarian sidekick Jillian Cooper investigate, they uncover a decades-old web of academic corruption: stolen compositions, ruined careers, and celebrated reputations built on plagiarism and silence.
With suspects ranging from a desperate graduate student to a department chair guarding institutional secrets—and a bitter composer seeking long-delayed revenge—Lottie must rely on her musical intuition and sharp curiosity to stay one step ahead. All while trying not to make a fool of herself in front of elite classical musicians who already doubt her place among them.
But when forged evidence and a shocking false confession threaten to derail the case, Lottie realizes the real danger lies in a system willing to protect itself at any cost. And if she hits the wrong note, she could be silenced for good.
From the author of the beloved Lottie Reamer Cozy Mysteries series comes a delightfully twisted cozy mystery about ambition, buried truths, and the power of an authentic voice to expose even the most carefully orchestrated lies.
Because some songs refuse to be silenced
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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