Paris Enigma, The - Softcover

De Santis, Pablo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061479683 ISBN 13: 9780061479687

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2015

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2009-12-08 Pages: 256 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US Welcome to another typical summer in Florida. the season of the storms Serge storms That lovable. under-undermedicated dispenser of truth. justice. and trivia is.. back with a vengeance. And not a weirdness-laced moment too soon. His cherished home state is about to take a beating. and from far more than the way-too-routine conga line of hurricanes bearing down on the peninsula. Bodies have begun turning up at a disturbing rate. even for Florida. and it looks like a brutal serial killer is on the loose. which highly offends Serges moral sensibilities and he vows to stop at nothing in his juggernaut to make All Things Right... except if he gets bored or distracted by a cool souvenir or or a whatever But his path wont be obstacle free Agent Mahoney has picked up the scent The obsessive criminal profi...

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Review:

"[A] beguiling historical whodunit . .. ."--New York Times Book Review

"Luminous...a tightly spun thriller...Mr. De Santis effortlessly incorporates important historical events (the building of the tower and the World's Fair) into his narrative, as well as capturing the turn-of-the-century uneasiness over the emergence of the machine age."--Wall Street Journal

"[An] outstanding puzzler. . . . De Santis adroitly explores such issues as the difference between image and reality while providing intelligent and entertaining discussions of alternate approaches to detection."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

From the Back Cover:

In the tradition of The Alienist and The Devil in the White City comes a gripping, atmospheric tale of murder and the art of crime solving.

Paris, 1889: in anticipation of the World's Fair and the opening of Monsieur Eiffel's tower, a society of the world's most famous detectives convenes as a single body for the very first time. Sent in place of a conspicuously absent Renato Craig, founding member of The Twelve, his novice assistant Sigmundo Salvatrio arrives, bearing a secret message for the brilliant, brooding Viktor Arzaky, Craig's best friend and the society's cofounder. When one of The Twelve is discovered murdered at the Tower's base--the first in a series of grisly slayings--it falls to Arzaky and Salvatrio, the last remaining student of Craig's famed Academy for Detectives in Buenos Aires, to find and stop the killer. But what the two discover as they race around fin-de-siècle Paris--encountering secret societies, philosophical puzzles, and an imperiled, dangerously beautiful woman--has shattering consequences that will alter the fate of their precious brotherhood forever.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0061479683
• ISBN 13: 9780061479687
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256