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Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder
An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder: A Countess of Harleigh Mystery By Dianne Freeman
SYNOPSIS
Filled with Victorian-era intrigue for readers of Rhys Bowen, Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, and Julia Seales, Dianne Freeman's Agatha Award-winning series takes a delightful jaunt to the City of Light as Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, encounters a murder scene at the Paris Exposition.
Frances and her husband, George, have two points of interest in Paris. One is an impromptu holiday to visit the Paris Exposition. The other is personal. George's Aunt Julia has requested her nephew's help in looking into the suspicious death of renowned artist Paul Ducasse. Though Julia is not entirely forthcoming about her reasons, she is clearly a woman mourning a lost love.
At the exposition, swarming with tourists, tragedy casts a pall on the festivities. A footbridge collapses. Julia is among the casualties. However, she was not just another fateful victim. Julia was stabbed to death amid the chaos. With an official investigation at a standstill, George and Frances realize that to solve the case they must dig into Julia's life—as well as Paul's—and question everything and everyone in Julia's coterie of artists and secrets.
They have no shortage of suspects. There is Paul's inscrutable widow, Gabrielle. Paul's art dealer and manager, Lucien. Julia's friend Martine, a sculptress with a jealous streak. And art jurist, Monsieur Beaufoy. The investigation takes a turn when it's revealed that George has inherited control of Julia's estate—and another of her secrets. While George investigates, Frances safeguards their new legacy, and is drawn further into danger by a killer determined to keep the past buried.
AUTHOR BIO
Dianne Freeman is the acclaimed author of the Agatha and Lefty Award winning Countess of Harleigh Mysteries, a two-time finalist for the Macavity's Sue Feder Memorial Award, and a finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She spent thirty years working in corporate accounting and finance and now writes full-time. Born and raised in Michigan, she and her husband now split their time between Michigan and Arizona. Visit her at DiFreeman.com.
REVIEW
An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder: A Countess of Harleigh Mystery By Dianne Freeman
Historical mystery fans will rejoice in this seventh installment in the Countess of Harleigh cozy mystery series.
Frances convinces her newlywed husband George are off to the Paris exposition, and to investigate a suspicious death for George's aunt Julia. It would seem that Aunt Julia has been living a bohemian lifestyle. Once in Paris There Frances and George are tasked with solving Julia's the death of her former lover and fellow artist, Paul Ducasse. When things take on a drastic turn for the worse George and Frances will have to keep their wits about them to solve this string of murders.
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