Dissertation Most Deadly

About the Book

"I couldn't believe he was dead." So explodes an unexpected whirlwind tour of international proportions that propels music scholar Leigh Maxwell through a bizarre series of events in the course of investigating her dissertation. From a musty archive in Madrid, to treasure-troves of libraries in recently reunited Germany, to the warm and sultry breezes of the Caribbean, Maxwell, a doctoral student of Music History, uncovers 100-year-old secrets that reveal a web of theft, jealousy, deceit, treachery and surprising discovery.

About the Author

Elizabeth Seitz holds a doctorate in Musicology from Boston University. In her professional career as a musicologist, she has written on a myriad of topics, everything from Schubert?s song cycles to Beavis and Butt-head. She lives in Jamaica Plain with her husband, Jorge, her son, Alejandro, and her cat, The Goose. She is currently working on the sequel to this novel.