![]() ![]() Of course, the question of whom the violin belongs to quickly becomes purely academic as the violin is stolen from Ray’s hotel room in New York, right out of its case. The wealthy Marks family claims that the violin was stolen from them after the end of the Civil War by Ray’s great-great-grandfather (known as “PopPop”) who played the fiddle and is thus the rightful inheritance of their young daughter, herself an aspiring musician. Ray knows it was meant for him, but his money-obsessed family has other plans. $28īrendan Slocumb’s debut novel, The Violin Conspiracy, tells the story of Ray McMillian, a young black violinist who discovers a lost family secret that beggars belief-a genuine Stradivarius violin in his grandmother’s attic, worth more than ten million dollars. ![]() The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb. ![]()
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