The Violin Player Author:John Knoerle Winner of Mayhaven's Award for Fiction! There are two personalities at play in this gripping tale of suspense. One is Walter Sumner. The other is the shadowy figure that stalks him. As the 44-year-old owner of a Chicago trading firm, Walter doesn t want any more responsibility. In fact, he s trying to avoid it when his mother suddenly drop... more »s dead in mid-phone conversation, thrusting him to the head of the family. When he attempts to post her date of death on the family s GenealoG web page, he finds her d.o.d. has already been posted prior to her death. And when a second family member s d.o.d. pops up prematurely on the same web page, business becomes the least of Walter s worries. He soon discovers the Polish proverb is real: The violin doesn t play for everyone.« less