The Curse of the Ninth: When the winner of a prestigious music award is found strangled with a violin string moments before a performance, Barnaby and Winter uncover several possible motives for the murder: rivalry over the prize, disagreements about the music festival business, and a misWhen the winner of a prestigious music award is found strangled with a violin string moments before a performance, Barnaby and Winter uncover several possible motives for the murder: rivalry over the prize, disagreements about the music festival business, and a missing Stradivarius violin.sing Stradivarius violin.