Larry Karp

The Ragtime Kid (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Brun Campbell, a 15-year-old piano fool, gets to play Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" one 1898 afternoon in Oklahoma City. It's destiny calling. Though he tries for ragtime lessons, he's told no- "Ragtime is colored music." So Brun runs away from the family home in El Reno, Oklahoma, to Sedalia, Missouri, to persuade Joplin to take him on as a pupil. What Brun doesn't expect is to trip over the body of a young woman-he thinks at first she's a log and thoughtlessly picks up a couple of items before he rushes away...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Poisoned Pen Press
• Seitenzahl: 369
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781615951086
• Artikelnr.: 38337443

Autorenporträt

Larry Karp grew up in Paterson, NJ and New York City. He practiced perinatal medicine (high-risk pregnancy care) and wrote general nonfiction books and articles for 25 years, then, in 1995, he left medical work to begin a second career, writing mystery novels. The backgrounds and settings of Larry's mysteries reflect many of his interests, including musical antiques, medical-ethical issues, and ragtime music.