Inspector Hermann Preiss investigates a plot against composer Richard Wagner and the doomed premiere of his new opera, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg.

It is late March 1868. In Munich, composer Richard Wagner is completing his new opera Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg. It has been a difficult few years for him

Schumann and Brahms are the stars of Torgovs first Hermann Preiss mystery. Musical egos clash and murder ensues in mid-19th century Germany.