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The bones of paris [electronic resource] : Harris stuyvesant series, book 2. Laurie R King.
New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King garners widespread acclaim for her suspenseful novels rich with historical detail. Set in the vibrant Paris Jazz Age, The Bones of Paris introduces private investigator Harris Stuyvesant, an American agent who's been given the plum assignment of locating beautiful young model Philippa Crosby. But when Philippa's trail ends at the Theatre du Grand-Guignol in Montmartre, Stuyvesant discovers a world where art meets sexual depravity—and where a savage killer lurks in the shadows.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781464046339 (sound recording)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (12 audio files) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Prince Frederick : Recorded Books Inc., 2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Unabridged. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator: Jefferson Mays. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 371300 KB). |
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| Subject: | Fiction. Historical Fiction. Mystery. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews - Audio And Video Online Reviews 1991-2018
*Starred Review* It's 1929, and private-eye Harris (last seen in 2008's Touchstone) takes a missing-persons job that leads him to Paris, where he comes across a wild cast of Lost Generation characters. Mays' outstanding talents shine in this multinational murder mystery featuring Harris, the flat-accented American hero; various British voices, ranging from "Brit-lite" tinges to distinctly English tones; and many English-speaking French characters, with various accents and cadences. This mix, with postwar Germans, Czechs, and other Europeans in Roaring Twenties Parisâall superbly depictedâincludes surrealist photographer Man Ray, a sinister murder suspect with a nasty tone of voice to match. Smooth-spoken Cole Porter is there, along with writers Hemingway and Fitzgerald and Sylvia Beach, of the famed Shakespeare & Company bookstore hangout for expats. Throughout plot twists and character revelations, the City of Lights herself shines as a major character seen through Harris' sometimes drunken, sometimes hungover, often beat-up, and almost always perceptive eyes. Paris is a tangle of grime, crime, upscale and low-end bars, artistic breakthroughs, and atrocities, and a venue for compelling suspense and murder featuring offbeat characters making high art, some destined to define the era. A winning novel, stunningly delivered. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.
