Author
Paul Adam
Paul Adam is the British thriller writer whose Italy-and-classical-music mysteries (Sleeper, Paganini's Ghost) are some of the best contemporary classical-world fiction. He also writes standalone thrillers like Flash Point and The Genius and the Goddess.
Reviews
5
Books on file
7
Avg rating
Years active
1994-2006
Reviewed
Our reviews of Paul Adam's work
Enemy Within
by Paul Adam
A Paul Adam political thriller. Italian Mafia and the postwar reckoning. Competent rather than essential.
Flash Point
by Paul Adam
Flash Point by Paul Adam 2006 review. A Glasgow journalist investigates the death of a young African violinist competing in the Tchaikovsky Competition and stumbles into a missing-instrument scandal.
Killing of the Saints
by Paul Adam
Paul Adam doing the classical music mystery. Violin-makers, contested attributions, and a death at a Cremona auction. A genuine niche done with love.
Sleeper
by Paul Adam
A Paul Adam intelligence thriller. Solid but the second-tier Adam.
The Rainaldi Quartet
by Paul Adam
Paul Adam's classical music mystery at its best. Four amateur musicians, a stolen Stradivarius, and a story that takes its setting fully seriously.
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What we have said about Paul Adam
Paul Adam's classical music mystery at its best. Four amateur musicians, a stolen Stradivarius, and a story that takes its setting fully seriously.
Flash Point by Paul Adam 2006 review. A Glasgow journalist investigates the death of a young African violinist competing in the Tchaikovsky Competition and stumbles into a missing-instrument scandal.
Paul Adam doing the classical music mystery. Violin-makers, contested attributions, and a death at a Cremona auction. A genuine niche done with love.
A Paul Adam political thriller. Italian Mafia and the postwar reckoning. Competent rather than essential.
A Paul Adam intelligence thriller. Solid but the second-tier Adam.
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