Louise Marley – författare

In her highly intriguing new novel, Louise Marley masterfully intertwines the past and present with a mystery surrounding one of the world''s greatest composers. . .The Brahms DeceptionMusic scholar Frederica Bannister is thrilled when she beats her bitter rival, Kristian North, for the chance to be transferred back to 1861 Tuscany to observe firsthand the brilliant Johannes Brahms. Frederica will not only get to see Brahms in his prime; she''ll also try to solve a mystery that has baffled music experts for years. But once in Tuscany, Frederica''s grip on reality quickly unravels. She instantly falls under Brahms'' spell-and finds herself envious of his secret paramour, the beautiful, celebrated concert pianist Clara Schumann. In a single move, Frederica makes a bold and shocking decision that changes everything. . .When Frederica fails to return home, it is Kristian North who is sent back in time to Tuscany to find her. There, Kristian discovers that Frederica indeed holds the key to unraveling Brahms'' greatest secret. But now, Frederica has a dark secret of her own-one that puts everyone around her in devastating peril. . . Praise for Mozart''s Blood"Eerie, beautiful. . .has a poetic, haunting sense of time and place." -Stephanie Cowell, author of Marrying Mozart"Riveting, original. . .filled with the emotional power and intricate twists and turns of a Mozart opera." -Teresa Grant, author of Vienna Waltz

In The Glass Butterfly, Louise Marley winds together a tale of subtle danger lurking in the past and a mother''s sacrifice for her son''s future. . ..A new life. A new name. A complete break with the past. It''s the only way therapist Victoria Lake can think to protect her son--and herself--from a case turned deadly. She and Jack have barely spoken since he''s gone to college. As painful as it is, it''s better that he think she''s dead than let her enemies suspect that she''s not. Jack could never stand his mother''s insistence that sometimes intuition told her things facts couldn''t. But he has a strange feeling that she''s alive, despite the meticulous police investigation and the somber funeral. Of course, Jack is reconsidering several things his mother said, now that she''s gone. To survive, Victoria knows she has to reinvent herself completely. She can''t even listen to her beloved Puccini. But without the music in her ears, eerie dreams invade her sleep. Lush with the sounds and sights of 19th-century Tuscany, they''re also loaded with a very real warning she can''t afford to ignore. . .Praise for Louise Marley and her novels "Will keep readers with a love for books like Audrey Niffenegger''s The Time Traveler''s Wife and A.S. Byatt''s Possession on the edge of their seats." --RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ Stars on The Brahms Deception"Eerie, beautiful. . .has a poetic, haunting sense of time and place." --Stephanie Cowell on Mozart''s Blood

Eilish Eam is an orphan and street musician, living in 1761, London. She survives on pennies and applause, and nothing more. Until the night Benjamin Franklin stops to listen, awe-struck by her gift-and with plans for her future...Erin Rushton is a classical musician living in 2018, Seattle. She stands in the orchestra, consumed by the music-and haunted by visions of a young girl from a different time, who needs her help...

“Remember the first time you read Le Guin’s Earthsea novels or Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings? All that timeless magic and wisdom is just as powerful in Marley’s latest—an instant classic.”—Paul Goat Allen, Explorations On Nevya, summer comes once every five years, and to be outside after nightfall is fatal. Its people rely on their Cantors and Cantrixes, men and women with the ability to channel psi energy through music, creating heat and light. Mreen is possibly the most talented Cantrix on Nevya—but she is unable to make a sound. When she travels to her first posting at the house of Tarud, she is accompanied by a younger Singer, Emle, who will help the Cantrix, teach Tarus’s Housemembers the Cantrix’s finger-symbol alphabet, and try to come to terms with her own flawed Gift, her inability to channel her psi. The two young women then find out about Gwin, a young girl whose abusive stepfather wants to exploit her psi-Gift talents—and in reaching out to help her, both Mreen and Emle learn how to help themselves.