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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SACRAMENTO BEENew York Times bestselling author Laurie R King beloved for her acclaimed Mary RussellSherlock 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 Ageand reveals the darkest secrets of its denizensParis France September 1929 For Harris Stuyvesant the assignment is a private investigators dreamhes getting paid to prowl the cafs and bars of Montparnasse looking for a pretty young woman The American agent has a healthy appreciation for la vie de bohme despite having worked for years at the US Bureau of Investigation The missing person in question is Philippa Crosby a twentytwo 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 upandcoming artist perhaps experimenting with the decadent lifestyle that is suddenly available on every rue and boulevardAs Stuyvesant follows Philippas trail through the expatriate community of artists and writers he finds that she is known to many of its famousand infamousinhabitants from Shakespeare and Companys Sylvia Beach to Ernest Hemingway to the Surrealist photographer Man Ray But when the evidence leads Stuyvesant to the Thtre du GrandGuignol in Montmartre his investigation takes a sharp disturbing turn At the GrandGuignol murder insanity and sexual perversion are all staged to shocking brutal effect depravity as art savage human nature on stageSoon 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 artistic coup de grce is to be rendered in blood And Stuyvesant will have to descend into the darkest depths of perversion to find a killer sifting through The Bones of ParisPraise for The Bones of ParisHaunting a portrait of the City of Light that glows with the fires of HellRichmond TimesDispatchA compelling thriller complex more than a little kinky and absolutely fascinatingBooklist starred reviewHighly entertaining Laurie R King perfectly captures the Jazz Age as she explores the City of Lights avenues and alleysThe Denver PostEngrossing Readers who enjoy Laurie R Kings noteworthy Mary RussellSherlock Holmes mystery series are in for a surpriseBookPageA chilling mystery and a haunting love letter to the Paris of Hemingways Lost GenerationLibrary Journal. Seller Inventory # DADAX0345531787
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SACRAMENTO BEENew 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 Ageand reveals the darkest secrets of its denizens. Paris, France: September 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, the assignment is a private investigators dreamhes getting paid to prowl the cafes and bars of Montparnasse, looking for a pretty young woman. The American agent has a healthy appreciation for la vie de boheme, 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 every rue and boulevard. As Stuyvesant follows Philippas trail through the expatriate community of artists and writers, he finds that she is known to many of its famousand infamousinhabitants, from Shakespeare and Companys Sylvia Beach to Ernest Hemingway to the Surrealist photographer Man Ray. But when the evidence leads Stuyvesant to the Theatre 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 artistic coup de grace is to be rendered in blood. And Stuyvesant will have to descend into the darkest depths of perversion to find a killer . . . sifting through The Bones of Paris.Praise for The Bones of Paris Haunting . . . a portrait of the City of Light that glows with the fires of Hell.Richmond Times-Dispatch A compelling thriller . . . complex, more than a little kinky, and absolutely fascinating.Booklist (starred review) Highly entertaining . . . Laurie R. King perfectly captures [the Jazz Age] as she explores the City of Lights avenues and alleys.The Denver Post Engrossing . . . Readers who enjoy Laurie R. Kings noteworthy Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes mystery series are in for a surprise.BookPage A chilling mystery and a haunting love letter to the Paris of Hemingways Lost Generation.Library Journal Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780345531780
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