The Bookseller
The First Hugo Marston Novel
Seventh Street Books · Print & ebook · October 9, 2012
Who is killing the celebrated bouquinistes of Paris?
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- Who it’s for
- A Paris-set mystery where booksellers’ disappearances connect a dangerous present to a grim past.
- Genres
- International Crime Fiction, Spy Fiction, Suspense
- Published
- Seventh Street Books, October 9, 2012
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Who is killing the celebrated bouquinistes of Paris? Max—an elderly Paris bookstall owner—is abducted at gunpoint. His friend, Hugo Marston, head of security at the US embassy, looks on helplessly, powerless to do anything to stop the kidnapper. Marston launches a search, enlisting the help of semiretired CIA agent Tom Green. Their investigation reveals that Max was a Holocaust survivor and later became a Nazi hunter.
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Is his disappearance somehow tied to his grim history, or even to the mysterious old books he sold? On the streets of Paris, tensions are rising as rival drug gangs engage in violent turf wars. Before long, other booksellers start to disappear, their bodies found floating in the Seine. Though the police are not interested in his opinion, Marston is convinced the hostilities have something to do with the murders of these bouquinistes. Then he himself becomes a target of the unknown assassins. With Tom by his side, Marston finally puts the pieces of the puzzle together, connecting the past with the present and leading the two men, quite literally, to the enemy's lair. Just as the killer intended. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Books and Danger
A Paris-set mystery where booksellers’ disappearances connect a dangerous present to a grim past.
Come here for
- Paris bookstalls, crime, and the shadow of wartime history
- An embassy security chief drawn into a booksellers’ murder investigation
Expect
- A tense investigation with spy-fiction edges
- A story that brings literary Paris and violent underworld tensions together
Where it sits
| International Crime Fiction | 63% |
|---|---|
| Spy Fiction | 36% |
| Suspense | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- International Crime Fiction
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Mark Pryor
- Publisher
- Seventh Street Books
- Published
- October 9, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- International Crime Fiction