Tenderwire

Brilliant, fast-paced, and highly suspenseful, Tenderwire tells the story of a reckless young musician and her obsession with a very old violin.

Eva Tyne leaves her home in Ireland for New York to play in the New Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra. She collapses after her solo debut, checks herself out of the hospital prematurely, and embarks on a chaotic and dangerous odyssey. She falls in love with a mysterious man and becomes obsessed with a rare violin of dubious provenance, for which she must pay in cash. But consumed by obsession, her pursuit of the violin becomes a nightmare of paranoia: Haunted by the ghost of her father, racked with jealousy, and unsure whom she can trust, Eva is pitched into a desperate psychological conundrum as her desires threaten to destroy her.

Narrated in Eva's unforgettable and unreliable voice, Tenderwire is a guessing game and a whodunit that surprises at every turn.

Author: Claire Kilroy
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 06/01/2006
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780156032049

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/03/2006 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2006 pg. 315
Library Journal 04/15/2006 pg. 67
Kirkus Best Books 05/01/2006 pg. 7

About the Author
Kilroy, Claire: - Claire Kilroy's first novel, All Summer, was published to great critical acclaim in the United Kingdom. Tenderwire was her American debut and her list of published works continues to grow.