Murder as the Organist Plays Historical Fiction Mystery Thriller book paperback

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 "A mystery set in 1904 in old East Texas with many twist and turns." As the wedding music starts, the bride begins her long walk to the arms of her groom. But she will not finish the journey. The beautiful bride emerges stunned, blood on her dress. She stands alone, blood dripping from a dagger at her fingertips. Unknowing, his back to this scenario, the organist plays on... The processional music is the soundtrack for the murder that shatters the wedding day. The celebrated socialite goes from bride to victim to suspect in a matter of hours. Only one man, flamboyant and mysterious, stands between her and a noose or an asylum in this 1900s high society mystery thriller where political intrigue complicates all efforts to discern the truth. Turn of the Century picturesque East Texas is the setting for this mystery thriller with historical aspects. What happens next takes the reader on an exciting journey of mystery, love and suspense with a completely twisted ending. .

The bride marches to murder... She will not make it to the arms of her groom as death shatters the wedding day. Soon her fate is in the hands of a mysterious stranger, alone standing between her and the noose or an asylum, in this mystery thriller set in 1904...From bride to victim to suspect...What power does the bride hold in her hand? Will she live long enough to wield it? The answer will surprise you...Stolen jewels... a shadowy past.... more deaths to come.…

Who was this mysterious man who had cast such a spell over her? Now that he held her fate in his hands could she mesmerize him in return?

 Murder as the Organist Plays- Excerpt. 

Chapter 25

Elicia dozed, then woke, then dozed again. In her fleeting dreams she saw herself behind bars, a queen stripped of power, a warden imprisoned. 
Light woke her again, completely this time. 
Despite Plate’s admonition she had left her bedroom door open. 
Thankful that the exhausting night was over, grateful that morning had come at last, she sat up. 
There was no light from the hall. 
No light. 
The long awaited morning had not yet arrived. 
It was still nighttime.
“Oh Lord,” she said out loud, rubbing her aching cheeks, yawning, trying to stretch but without relief. She felt as if she had been physically beaten. 
She pondered the bed for a moment and decided it would be better to cast her body on sharp rocks than back on the mattress. 
It was dark in her windowless room and she didn’t want to take time to light the lamp. A ray of moonlight flitted across the hall. She ran into the hall, to the window. The moon had appeared from behind a cloud, silhouetting the empty servants' quarters against the pines. But there was more. 
Elicia squinted. A flicker, yes indeed, a flicker from the darkened building. Another, then a loud noise.
Confused, Elicia went back into her room and lit her lamp. She sat back down on the side of the bed. She looked at her walls and for a moment felt a false sense of security. She shook off the irrational feeling. 
That her room had no windows did not mean she was safe. 
Who would be out there? 
Not anyone from the house surely. Unless- Elicia again had the ominous feeling that an unknown, unseen enemy was pulling the strings behind the stage. 
But who? 
The whole town might be jealous, might wish her ill, but who among them bore a more personal hatred? No one but Coria. And shewould not kill the senator. 
No, she had loved him, Elicia thought.
Elicia rubbed her temples and tried to think objectively. For the first time she let the events of the past day run through her mind continuously, searching them for clues to the identity of her adversary. One picture came back with a dawning importance. The manicured grave, the rose dropped so conspicuously.
Another loud sound diverted her attention. She jumped up and ran again to the hall window. 
More darkness. 

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