Car Men — Jeffrey Buller

In this prequel to Die, Meistersinger! and The Barbara Seville, the reader learns new details about how Detective D. T. Giovanni rose to become the chief inspector of the Allemonde Grand-Ducal Police. A rash of car thefts throughout Europe is threatening the cancelation of the Great Allemonde Autoshow and Race, a new initiative that happens to overlap with the duchy's annual opera festival. As one mystery arises after another, Giovanni will need every bit of his deductive skill if he is to unravel the baffling secret of the Car Men.