Dissonance: A Novel of Music and Murder by Barbara Burt is a mystery that begins and ends strongly. Allegra Brewster (Allie) is passionate about music. She thinks that her much-needed job as the assistant executive director of a summer music festival is the result of...

Counterpoint: SummerFest Series Book Two by Barbara Burt is an old-fashioned “whodunnit” with the added spice of a classical musical background. Allegra Brester has been in and around the Maine Summerfest Music Festival most of her life. Although an accomplished cellist in her own right,...