Divine inspiration : a Homer Kelly mystery

After a new pipe organ is installed at a Boston church, an organist vanishes. An infant crawls in the dark, up the cold stone steps of Boston's Church of the Commonwealth. It is a miracle that Alan Starr notices the child, so focused is he on the church's new organ, whose pipes he is about to hear for the first time. He takes the baby in his arms and goes inside to inspect the magnificent new instrument, designed to the specifications of the church's master organist, mentor to Alan and to Rosalind, the baby's mother. When Alan takes the child to his neighboring home, he finds blood on the floor and no trace of Rosalind. In what should be the church's finest hour, tragedy has struck. With the help of Homer Kelly, Harvard professor and casual sleuth, Alan combs the city for the missing mother. Together they learn that even God's house can be a haven for the devil. At The Church Of The Commonwealth In Boston's Back Bay, Great Anticipation Is Afoot. A New Pipe Organ Is Being Installed, After A Strangely Suspicious Fire Destroyed The Old One, And Left The Church Sexton Burned To A Crisp. As Alan Starr, Master Organist, Begins The Complex Job Of Voicing The Great Organ, He Notices That The Church Seems To Have Gained A New Congregant - A Baby Boy Who Has Crawled Up The Church Steps, Completely Unchaperoned. At Fourteen Months, Charley. Hall Is On His Own - His Father Is Dead And His Mother Has Unaccountably Vanished. And So, Despite The Fierce Amount Of Work Facing Him On The New Organ, Alan Starr Sets Out To Find The Child's Mother. Fortunately, The New Organ Is Equipped With A Unique Stop Knob Marked Div Insp--for Divine Inspiration. It's A Musical Joke, But It's Just What Alan Will Need When He Teams Up With Homer Kelly To Investigate Rosalind Hall's Mysterious Disappearance - Only To Discover. That Competition For The Job Of Chief Organist Is Reaching Deadly Proportions. Divine Inspiration Is A Mystery Of Other-worldly Charm - Set Amid Ecclesiastical Mayhem And Musical Mischief - By The Queen Of The New England Mystery. Accented With Bach's Glorious Musical Puzzles, Church Politics, Pipe Organs, And Langton's Inimitable Line Drawings Detailing The Nooks And Crannies Of Boston, Divine Inspiration Is Vintage Langton - With All The Stops Pulled Out. Jane Langton.