This stylish, passionate novel transports you to the gilded salons and concert halls of 1950s Paris, with two gorgeous twins, a count, and a dancer who make each big moves and mistakes for love. But the book's greatest question revolves around genius-how to grow it, to keep it, to not lose everything for its sake-and every page in Crescendo builds to its haunting and resounding answer.

Maria Hummel, author of STILL LIVES and GOLDENSEAL

I couldn't tear myself away from this captivating, heady novel that draws a taut string between the needs of the flesh and the demands of art. The literary love triangle between Max, Natasha and Henri joins the exalted ranks of The Great Gatsby and Brideshead Revisited.

Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID/SHE SAID

An enthralling literary symphony of ambition, desire, and obsession, Jane Healey's Crescendo captures the creative and destructive power of art with prose so immersive you'll feel like you're watching an Oscar-worthy film play in your head.

Layne Fargo, bestselling author of THE FAVORITES and THEY NEVER LEARN

Phenomenal and compulsive, a simmering tale of sibling rivalry and the heady world of classical music. It is really a love story, a love of music, a love of siblings, a love of life. The prose was tender, sexy even and most importantly precise: as accomplished as a virtuoso pianist playing a sonata. I found the ending unexpected and bruising. Terrific.

Molly Aitken author of BRIGHT I BURN

Jane Healey has created an eerie puzzle box of a book and a gothic in the tradition's best sense . . . A deeply consuming read and a fantastic novel to get lost in.

Erika Swyler, author of THE BOOK OF SPECULATION on THE ANIMALS OF LOCKWOOD MANOR

A strong debut, full of creepy cliffhangers, lovely descriptions and a believably inelegant heroine.

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