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Bones of Paris : A Stuyvesant and Grey Novel by Laurie R. King (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345531787
ISBN-139780345531780
eBay Product ID (ePID)177644080
Product Key Features
Book TitleBones of Paris : a Stuyvesant and Grey Novel
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Crime, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Publication Year2014
GenreFiction
AuthorLaurie R. King
Book SeriesStuyvesant and Grey Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight11.7 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-427646
Reviews"Fans of Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris will feel right at home in the Jazz Age Paris setting. . . . Beyond the cameos and the bohemian atmosphere, there is a compelling thriller here and some fascinating fictional characters to go with the real-life ones. As always with King, the plot is tricky but marvelously constructed, delivering twists that not only surprise but also deepen the story and its multiple levels of meaning. Break out that dusty bottle of absinthe you have stored away and settle in for a treat." -- Booklist (starred review) "Impressive . . . arresting . . . a tantalizing mystery involving the Thé'tre du Grand-Guignol and artists who use human bones to create their work. Readers will hope to see more of Grey . . . and Stuyvesant in future books." -- Publishers Weekly "The dark side of Jazz Age Paris . . . evocative period detail and challenging aesthetic adventures . . . King presents Stuyvesant's tour of the lower depths of the Parisian avant-garde in terms both decorous and creepy." -- Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition., "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. King's 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 Hemingway's Lost Generation." --Library Journal From the Hardcover edition., "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 Light's avenues and alleys." --The Denver Post "Engrossing . . . Readers who enjoy Laurie R. King's 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 Hemingway's Lost Generation." --Library Journal From the Hardcover edition.
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Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number2
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisNAMED 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 Age--and reveals the darkest secrets of its denizens. Paris, France: September 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, the assignment is a private investigator's dream--he's getting paid to prowl the caf s and bars of Montparnasse, looking for a pretty young woman. The American agent has a healthy appreciation for la vie de boh me, 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 Philippa's trail through the expatriate community of artists and writers, he finds that she is known to many of its famous--and infamous--inhabitants, from Shakespeare and Company's Sylvia Beach to Ernest Hemingway to the Surrealist photographer Man Ray. But when the evidence leads Stuyvesant to the Th tre 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 gr ce 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 Light's avenues and alleys." --The Denver Post "Engrossing . . . Readers who enjoy Laurie R. King's 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 Hemingway's Lost Generation." --Library Journal, 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 Age--and reveals the darkest secrets of its denizens. Paris, France: September 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, the assignment is a private investigator's dream--he's getting paid to prowl the cafés and bars of Montparnasse, looking for a pretty young woman. The American agent has a healthy appreciation for la 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 every rue and boulevard . As Stuyvesant follows Philippa's trail through the expatriate community of artists and writers, he finds that she is known to many of its famous--and infamous--inhabitants, from Shakespeare and Company's Sylvia Beach to Ernest Hemingway to the Surrealist photographer Man Ray. But when the evidence leads Stuyvesant to the Thé'tre 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 gr'ce 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 Light's avenues and alleys." --The Denver Post "Engrossing . . . Readers who enjoy Laurie R. King's 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 Hemingway's Lost Generation." --Library Journal
LC Classification NumberPS3561.I4813B66 2014
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- May 08, 2019
Paris and its perversions, poets, painters, and... killers....
Laurie R. King is one of those rare writers who is both a compelling storyteller and a brilliant writer. Let yourself be transported to Paris in the 1920s - - to the milieu of Hemingway, Picasso, Man Ray, and to a mystery that keeps unfolding in darker and more intriguing ways...Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
