Secrets of the Maison Fournier: Book 1, A Belle Époque Bookshop Mystery

Paris, 1888. The city glitters. The secrets run deep. American bookseller Emma Greene came to the Latin Quarter for books, coffee, and a quietly extraordinary life among the artists, exiles, and eccentrics who drift through her small English-language shop. She did not come to Paris to become a murder suspect. But when the powerful and widely despised owner of the Maison Fournier department store is found dead, suspicion falls on Emma with suspicious speed. Parisian society has very little patience for foreign women who ask inconvenient questions. She asks them anyway. To clear her name, Emma must navigate a city of glittering facades and hidden rot. Her allies are not what Parisian society would consider respectable: a penniless artist who notices everything, a bookseller who wears trousers and takes counsel from her opinionated parrot, and a landlady who considers minding other people's business both her right and her calling. And then there is Inspector Lefèvre of the Sûreté — guarded, precise, and deeply reluctant to admit that Emma might be onto something — who becomes something considerably more complicated. The truth about Maison Fournier runs darker than Emma expected. And someone very powerful would prefer she stop looking. In a city this beautiful, the deadliest things are always the best hidden. Perfect for fans of Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, and Rhys Bowen. Richly detailed, packed with gaslit Paris atmosphere, a razor-sharp heroine, an unforgettable cast of Latin Quarter misfits, and a slow-burn detective romance that builds with every chapter. Book 1 in the Belle Époque Bookshop Mysteries. Available in Kindle Unlimited.
ASIN: B0GH6YG9F8
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Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Pine, Amelia
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use