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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345531760

ISBN-139780345531766

eBay Product ID (ePID)160049033

Product Key Features

Book TitleBones of Paris

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective / Traditional

Publication Year2013

GenreFiction

AuthorLaurie R. King

Book SeriesStuyvesant and Grey Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight23.9 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-010332

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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, The award-winning novels of Laurie R. King are . . . "Delightful and creative."-- The Wall Street Journal "Intricate clockworks, wheels within wheels."-- Booklist (starred review) "Audacious." --Los Angeles Times "Rousing . . . riveting . . . suspenseful." --Chicago Sun-Times "Imaginative and subtle."-- The Seattle Times "Impossible to put down."-- Romantic Times "Beguiling . . . tantalizing."-- The Boston Globe, The award-winning novels of Laurie R. King are . . . "Delightful and creative."- The Wall Street Journal "Intricate clockworks, wheels within wheels."- Booklist (starred review) "Audacious." -Los Angeles Times "Rousing . . . riveting . . . suspenseful." -Chicago Sun-Times "Imaginative and subtle."- The Seattle Times "Impossible to put down."- Romantic Times "Beguiling . . . tantalizing."- The Boston Globe, "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, "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, "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

Dewey Edition23

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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 2013