The Jewels of Paradise

Caterina Pellegrini, a young Venetian music researcher, has been hired to find the truthful heir to an alleged treasure devised by a once famous baroque composer. Caterina can only solve the mystery by reading through the papers he left behind in two antique chests. As she learns about the composer's life, she is drawn into one of the most scandalous affairs of the baroque time, and begins to wonder just what other secrets the chests hold. THE JEWELS OF PARADISE is a gripping tale of intrigue, music, history and greed, and is Donna Leon's first stand-alone novel.