This group is dedicated to the appreciation and study of the series of LeGarde Mysteries written by Aaron Lazar. These mysteries feature a recurrent cast of characters, centered upon musicologist Gus LeGarde, who is perhaps the most artistic and accidental of investigators in recent memory.

The LeGarde mysteries are heralded for their unique artistry and lyricism. They are beautiful fusions of writing and music, each a literary orchestration fully inhabited by the sounds and emotions they explore. Though American, these stories evoke an Old World style and atmosphere, with each thrilling tale wrapped in the warm, comforting blanket of a smalltown community of friends, family, and the familiar so horribly ripped away. Gus LeGarde admits he is a “hopeless romantic, a wistful Renaissance man caught in the twenty-first century.” Yet, in the heart of tranquility, he rarely finds peace.

The LeGarde Mysteries include the novels Double Forte, Upstaged, Tremolo, and Mazurka.