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The Silent Note
"The Silent Note" tells an intriguing story of an old piano that conceals a daunting secret; a tale of a young pianist, who, in her era, struggled to choose courtship over her first love music. But her own fate is about to be discovered when an antique collector, Maria Weisman, rescues the aging piano from an auction, nearly a century later. Sadly, a sudden illness takes young Maria. Left behind is her husband, John Weisman, and Melissa, his four-year-old daughter.
Melissa, after a year of grieving with her father, finds comfort when she aspires to become a pianist. Whiles she plays on her mother's old piano, she strikes a note that reveals a love saga, hidden for decades. The spellbinding mystery leads John and his daughter on a journey to seek answers that may hold the key to their future happiness.
Look for "Return to Kingston," the sequel to "The Silent Note."
After solving a mind-baffling mystery, a sense of calm brings peace to John Weisman's life until suddenly, a new discovery takes him and his fianc‚ on a romantic journey to seek answers hidden in Kingston's past.
Melissa, after a year of grieving with her father, finds comfort when she aspires to become a pianist. Whiles she plays on her mother's old piano, she strikes a note that reveals a love saga, hidden for decades. The spellbinding mystery leads John and his daughter on a journey to seek answers that may hold the key to their future happiness.
Look for "Return to Kingston," the sequel to "The Silent Note."
After solving a mind-baffling mystery, a sense of calm brings peace to John Weisman's life until suddenly, a new discovery takes him and his fianc‚ on a romantic journey to seek answers hidden in Kingston's past.
280 pages, Hardcover
First published August 11, 2008
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June 20, 2013
Maria owns an antique store and one of her favorite pieces is an old piano. But when Maria dies suddenly, her husband stores it, along with her other antiques, in their garage.
When Maria’s young daughter, Melissa, decides after a year or so after her mother’s death she liked to learn how to play the piano, John brings in Maria’s antique piano from the garage for Melissa to play on. But one of the keys is stuck, so John calls a Piano tuner to fix it. The problem is a small wooden box that is blocking the string.
When John opens the box, he discovers an old black and white photograph, and several letters. He reads them and discovers that the piano used to belong to a young woman named Elsa Thompson. The letters are between Elsa, an aspiring pianist, and Grant Ford, an engineering student. The letters cover a two year period and start with a friendship that blossoms into a romance, but unfortunately, the letters end before the couple marry.
John wonders what happened to Elsa and Grant, and begins his own search of the past. It’s a mystery, an obsession, that he feels he has to solve in honor of his late wife and himself.
THE SILENT NOTE is a charming, mysterious and romantic tale. Davis does a remarkable job with period detail and character development. The plot is sound, descending into a wonderful climatic ending. I really enjoyed it!
When Maria’s young daughter, Melissa, decides after a year or so after her mother’s death she liked to learn how to play the piano, John brings in Maria’s antique piano from the garage for Melissa to play on. But one of the keys is stuck, so John calls a Piano tuner to fix it. The problem is a small wooden box that is blocking the string.
When John opens the box, he discovers an old black and white photograph, and several letters. He reads them and discovers that the piano used to belong to a young woman named Elsa Thompson. The letters are between Elsa, an aspiring pianist, and Grant Ford, an engineering student. The letters cover a two year period and start with a friendship that blossoms into a romance, but unfortunately, the letters end before the couple marry.
John wonders what happened to Elsa and Grant, and begins his own search of the past. It’s a mystery, an obsession, that he feels he has to solve in honor of his late wife and himself.
THE SILENT NOTE is a charming, mysterious and romantic tale. Davis does a remarkable job with period detail and character development. The plot is sound, descending into a wonderful climatic ending. I really enjoyed it!
September 10, 2015
I play the piano myself. And so the parts of the novel that speak of the joy that the music can give a person, I totally understood. The story about Maria and her daughter Melissa, I thought was heartwrenching. The story about Elsa and Grant... well, I'm not sure if it's because of the language in which it's written... but I found it hard to really get into. I think it was focused so much on this story, that for a few chapters, I forgot that the novel started in a more modern time. I think I would have liked it if the story were to go back between the two eras. But besides that, I thought it was a good story. About how the past and the present can sometimes conflict but how it's also possible to embrace both without losing out on things. Recommended for those who like a little history and a little romance.
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