by Cynthia Kuhn
She smiled. “When you finish, please bring it to us.”
“Don’t worry,” Lex said, taking my hand. “I’ll remind her.”
That sounded promising.
Author’s Note
Colorado has a number of beautiful opera houses still standing, and the idea for this book was sparked by a fascinating tour of the Tabor Opera House in Leadville. Soon afterwards, I was delighted to learn that the Tivoli Turnhalle, part of the student union on the campus where I teach, was originally an opera house as well.
The visits of Oscar Wilde, Harry Houdini, John Philip Sousa, P.T. Barnum, and others contributed to the rich history of places such as the Tabor and the Central City Opera House. For fictional purposes, I retrospectively “added” Stonedale Opera House as a stop on their tours.
About the Author
Cynthia Kuhn writes the Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Series: The Semester of Our Discontent, an Agatha Award recipient (Best First Novel); The Art of Vanishing, a Lefty Award nominee (Best Humorous Mystery); and The Spirit in Question. She is professor of English at MSU Denver, president of Sisters in Crime-Colorado, and member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. For more information, please visit cynthiakuhn.net.
The Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Series
by Cynthia Kuhn
THE SEMESTER OF OUR DISCONTENT (#1)
THE ART OF VANISHING (#2)
THE SPIRIT IN QUESTION (#3)
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