![]() ![]() ![]() Legal battles over the violin’s ownership ensue. This revelation leads members of the Marks clan, whose ancestors enslaved Ray’s ancestors, to claim the violin belongs to them. At college, where he receives a full scholarship, Ray endures prejudice from fellow students, and a luthier repairing the heirloom discovers it’s a Stradivarius. Meanwhile, his grandmother, who supports his musical aspirations, gives him her grandfather’s violin. Flashback to Ray’s high school years in Charlotte, N.C., where he must deal with pervasive racism-and his mother nagging him to drop out and get a job. When the police, the FBI, and the insurance company’s investigator hit dead ends, the case comes to a standstill. Black violinist Ray McMillian, the hero of Slocumb’s gripping debut, receives a $5 million ransom demand for his Stradivarius violin after the instrument is stolen from his New York City hotel room a few weeks before he’s due to perform in the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition. ![]()
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