The French Widow
Kindle Edition
Seventh Street Books · Ebook · September 15, 2020
A young American woman is attacked at an historic Paris chateau and four paintings are stolen the same night, drawing Hugo Marston into a case where everyone seems like a suspect.
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- Genres
- International Crime Fiction, Suspense, Crime Fiction
- Published
- Seventh Street Books, September 15, 2020
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A young American woman is attacked at an historic Paris chateau and four paintings are stolen the same night, drawing Hugo Marston into a case where everyone seems like a suspect. To solve this mystery Hugo must crack the secrets of the icy and arrogant Lambourd family, who seem more interested in protecting their good name than future victims.
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Just as Hugo thinks he’s close, some of the paintings mysteriously reappear, at the very same time that one of his suspects goes missing. While under pressure to catch a killer, Hugo also has to face the consequences of an act some see as heroic, but others believe might have been staged for self-serving reasons. This puts Hugo under a media and police spotlight he doesn’t want, and helps the killer he’s hunting mark him as the next target….
Why It Clicks
Come here for
- International-crime-meets-historical-mystery
- Private-eye momentum with a collector-friendly label
Expect
- Murder and mystery cues
- A sustained narrative read
Where it sits
| International Crime Fiction | 63% |
|---|---|
| Suspense | 38% |
| Crime Fiction | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Police Procedurals
- International Crime Fiction
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Mark Pryor
- Publisher
- Seventh Street Books
- Published
- September 15, 2020
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Police Procedurals