BOOK 1 IN LEGARDE MYSTERIES, multi-award winning series:After four lonely years, music professor Gus LeGarde is still reeling from the death of his wife Elsbeth. To deal with the loss, he plays endless Chopin etudes on his piano and lavishes love on his grandson and dog, but nothing lessens the pain. Life spirals out of control when Gus heads for the snow-covered hills on an early morning skiing excursion to find a mute child shackled to a bedpost in a cabin. Gus rescues the child but the kidnapper, Baxter, escapes into the woods to stew in hot revenge.Unexpectedly thrown together with Camille, 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 polite enough toward him -- but her own dark secrets have her pulling away despite the mutual 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? Gus braces for the fight of his life, struggling to protect Camille and his family before time runs out..“Double Forté is a satisfyingly riveting tale with an appealing hero, whose love of music and gourmet food is as fundamental as his courage.” Laurel Wemett, Finger Lakes MagazineForeWord Book of the Year Award FINALISTBooks by multi-award winning author, Aaron Lazar: LEGARDE MYSTERIES1. DOUBLE FORTÉ 2. UPSTAGED 3. MAZURKA 4. FIRESONG5. TREMOLO: CRY OF THE LOON 6. DON’T LET THE WIND CATCH YOU 7. THE LIAR’S GALLERY 8. SPIRIT ME AWAY9. UNDER THE ICE 10. LADY BLUES11. VOODOO SUMMER THE LEGARDE MYSTERIES OMNIBUS GREEN MARBLE MYSTERIESTHE DISAPPEARANCE OF BILLY MOORE (formerly Healey’s Cave) TERROR COMES KNOCKING FOR KEEPS TALL PINES MYSTERIESFOR THE BIRDS ESSENTIALLY YOURS SANCTUARY BETRAYALPAINES CREEK BEACH, love storiesTHE SEACRESTTHE SEACROFTTHE SEADOG BITTERSWEET HOLLOW, romantic suspenseDEVIL’S LAKE DEVIL’S CREEKDEVIL’S SPRINGWRITING GUIDESWRITE LIKE THE WIND, volume 1WRITE LIKE THE WIND, volume 2WRITE LIKE THE WIND, volume 3