Murder Ends the Song : Coachwhip Publications : 9781616462987 : 1616462981 : 29 Jun 2015 : "Who stuck the steel knitting needle through the neck of the frayed canary? If you have ever yearned for the chance to still the notes of a coloratura soprano, your spine will shiver in sympathetic vibration to this tale of how Marina Grazie was tuned out-permanently. Marina had at least one thing in common with the old gray mare-she wasn't what she used to be in the years B.P. (before Pons) when she was the darling of the Metropolitan. One characteristic, however, she had retained-'a gift for inspiring impulses to violence.' These impulses boiled to the surface among her entourage when she came out of a well-deserved retirement to join the Monte Calvo Opera Company on a tour of the Pacific Coast. Each of them jealously guarded the secret of his own past, but all were united by their bitterness toward the aging prima donna who ruled their lives with a whip of fear. On a sentimental pilgrimage to