Double Forte: A Gus Legarde Mystery

After four lonely years, music professor Gus LeGarde is stillreeling from the death of his wife Elsbeth. To deal with the loss, he plays endlessChopin etudes on his piano and lavishes love on his grandson and dog, butnothing lessens the pain.  Life spirals out of control when Gus heads for the snow-coveredhills on an early morning skiing excursion to find a mute child shackled to abedpost in a cabin. Gus rescues the child but the kidnapper, Baxter, escapesinto the woods to stew in hot revenge. Unexpectedly thrown together withCamille, a social worker who takes the child into her own home, Gus falls hard.The first woman who's stirred his soul since his Elsbeth, Camille is politeenough toward him -- but her own dark secrets have her pulling away despite themutual attraction. When Gus's little grandson goes missing, he fears the worse.Does Baxter have the little boy? Does he want to trade for the mute child? Gusbraces for the fight of his life, struggling to protect Camille and his familybefore time runs out.