Rick Blechta

Rick Blechta was born in New Rochelle, New York and moved to Canada in 1971. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree at McGill University and taught instrumental music at schools in the Toronto area and at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Blechta currently plays trumpet for The Advocats and lives in Toronto.

Books by Rick Blechta

	1992 Knock on Wood A part-time saxophone player and substitute high school teacher agrees to help a police detective friend take down some drug dealers.
	1993 The Lark Ascending Victoria Morgan is in London to play at a music competition with a chance to win a Stradivarius violin. But someone has murdered one of her competitors and she may be the killer's next target.
	2002 Shooting Straight in the Dark A blind songwriter and her friends investigate the murder of a member of their softball team.
	2005 Cemetery of the Nameless A violin virtuoso disappears and the police think she may be a murderer.
	2006 When Hell Freezes Over A chance encounter with a frightened woman turns Michael Quinn's life upside down.
	2008 A Case of You The drummer in a jazz trio tries to discover the identity and whereabouts of a street person with an angelic voice.

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