SOLVED. Adult Mystery book (?) from the 80s or 90s - main character is a woman who writes hymns. [s]

[Kate]

I think this book was a series but I can't recall. I would have read it in the 80s or 90s. The main character was a woman who wrote hymns but the book(s) wasn't/weren't focused on that - it was just a detail I remember. I think she was married or involved with an older man who was well-off, but he and this too wasn't the focus of the book(s). Boston is coming to mind. Likely was a mystery/crime book of some kind. Can't believe I don't remember more but I read widely during that period. I'm sure I've forgotten more than I can recall.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Combining threads. Kate wrote:

"Main character is a woman concert pianist or cellist. There is an element of mystery solving. She has a much older man in her life - husband and/or mentor. She may write hymns under a pseudonym. I'm thinking Boston and DC. At some point she ends up involved with a heavy set man who gets poisoned (?). I can't remember anything else at this time."

[Kate]

Solved this. It’s two books I remembered as having the same protagonist. They don’t but are by the same author. The Secret Life of Eva Hathaway and Frost the Fiddler by Janice Weber.

[Kris]

Great! Glad you found your books, Kate. Thanks for the update.

The Secret Life of Eva Hathaway and Frost the Fiddler by Janice Weber