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The bones of Paris : a novel of suspense / Laurie R. King.
Investigating the disappearance of an American girl who may be one of several abductees linked to a series of murders, Harris Stuyvesant, a former officer of the American Bureau of Investigation, follows clues to an American expat community in 1929 Paris, where he encounters dangerous adversaries and famous historical artists.
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- ISBN: 9780345531766 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 412 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 2013.
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| Genre: | Suspense fiction. |
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Investigating the disappearance of an American girl who may be one of several abductees linked to a series of murders, Harris Stuyvesant, a former officer of the American Bureau of Investigation, follows clues to an American expat community in 1929 Paris, where he encounters dangerous adversaries and famous historical artists. - Random House, Inc.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SACRAMENTO BEE
New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King, beloved for her acclaimed Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, consistently writes richly detailed and thoroughly suspenseful novels that bring a distant time and place to brilliant life. Now, in this thrilling new book, King leads readers into the vibrant and sensual Paris of the Jazz Ageâand reveals the darkest secrets of its denizens.
Paris, France: September 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, the assignment is a private investigatorâs dreamâheâs getting paid to prowl the cafés and bars of Montparnasse, looking for a pretty young woman. The American agent has a healthy appreciation forla vie de bohème, despite having worked for years at the U.S. Bureau of Investigation. The missing person in question is Philippa Crosby, a twenty-two year old from Boston who has been living in Paris, modeling and acting. Her family became alarmed when she stopped all communications, and Stuyvesant agreed to track her down. He wholly expects to find her in the arms of some up-and-coming artist, perhaps experimenting with the decadent lifestyle that is suddenly available on everyrue and boulevard.
As Stuyvesant follows Philippaâs trail through the expatriate community of artists and writers, he finds that she is known to many of its famousâand infamousâinhabitants, from Shakespeare and Companyâs Sylvia Beach to Ernest Hemingway to the Surrealist photographer Man Ray. But when the evidence leads Stuyvesant to the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Montmartre, his investigation takes a sharp, disturbing turn. At the Grand-Guignol, murder, insanity, and sexual perversion are all staged to shocking, brutal effect: depravity as art, savage human nature on stage.
Soon it becomes clear that one missing girl is a drop in the bucket. Here, amid the glittering lights of the cabarets, hides a monster whose artisticcoup de grâce is to be rendered in blood. And Stuyvesant will have to descend into the darkest depths of perversion to find a killer . . . sifting throughThe Bones of Paris.
Praise for The Bones of Paris
âHaunting . . . a portrait of the City of Light that glows with the fires of Hell.ââRichmond Times-Dispatch
âA compelling thriller . . . complex, more than a little kinky, and absolutely fascinating.ââBooklist (starred review)
âHighly entertaining . . . Laurie R. King perfectly captures [the Jazz Age] as she explores the City of Lightâs avenues and alleys.ââThe Denver Post
âEngrossing . . . Readers who enjoy Laurie R. Kingâs noteworthy Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes mystery series are in for a surprise.ââBookPage
âA chilling mystery and a haunting love letter to the Paris of Hemingwayâs Lost Generation.ââLibrary Journal
