Angela's Literary Café Book Review: Symphony of Secrets

Symphony of Secrets

by Brendan Slocumb

Symphony of Secrets explores Bern Hendricks, professor of music and expert on the famous composer Fredrick Delaney and the behind-the-scenes of his music. Bern knows everything there is to know about Delaney’s life behind the music, or does he?

Given a life-changing opportunity by Delaney Foundation board member Mallory Roberts, Bern finds himself with an opportunity of a lifetime that he cannot pass up. He is asked to authenticate a newly discovered music of a lost opera that was a source in changing Delaney’s career.

The story is crafted in a dual timeline, in which Slocumb nails, with a beautiful melody, of the 1920s Manhattan with Josephine Reed and Fred Delaney and the present day with Bern and his skillful partner, Eboni. Blending the worlds of past and present creates an intense entanglement between history, facts, and answers to the real genius behind the music. When history meets the present, unforeseen discoveries complicate the truth as Bern knows it, revealing a thin line between passion and obsession and counterfeit and the authentic reality of truth.

Symphony of Secrets is a story of wow factor moments, secrets, and gripping hard truths that capture your attention from the beginning to the end. Slocumb displays profound creativity and mastery of skills used in writing a compelling story of the music that heightens the senses to be on “red alert.” The genius of Slucumb’s writer maestro capabilities is well crafted and displayed page after page.

Symphony of Secrets is definitely a highly anticipated must-read that does not disappoint. Let’s just say no one writes musical mysteries like Brendan Slocumb. He has created a page-turner masterpiece, one more chapter read, with a lingering book hangover effect.

Symphony of Secrets is available where books are sold. To stay connected with Brendan Slocumb, connect with him on social media and his website, www.brendanslocumb.com.