Murder in Paris by Kirsty Manning
The inimitable Charlotte ‘Charlie’ James returns in her second exciting mystery.
At a glitzy gala in the ballroom of the Hotel Ritz, young American tourist Maisy Bell meets an intriguing man and accepts his charming offer to take her on a day trip.
But when Maisy doesn’t return to the Ritz the following day, alarm bells ring and Maisy’s aunt Clementine tries to file a missing person’s report. The Paris police laugh the request away. Plenty of tourists ‘disappear’, having lost themselves in foolish flings. After all, summer in Paris is the perfect time for lovers. Then Clementine Bell receives a ransom note …
Enter investigative reporter Charlie James. As she follows Maisy Bell’s designer footsteps around Paris, Charlie is plunged into a heady world of diamonds, haute couture, opera, bohemian wine bars and extravagant soirees in grand country châteaux, before being pulled into the sordid underworld.
Glamorous and fearless, glass of champagne in hand, this is Charlie James at her best.
Table of Contents
COVER PAGE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE HOTEL RITZ, PARIS, AUGUST 1938
CHAPTER 1 CAFÉ DE FLORE, PARIS
CHAPTER 2 CAFÉ DE FLORE, PARIS
CHAPTER 3 THE TIMES OFFICE, PARIS
CHAPTER 4 HOTEL RITZ, PARIS
CHAPTER 5 CITÉ METRO POLICE STATION, PARIS
CHAPTER 6 THE TIMES OFFICE, PARIS
CHAPTER 7 LUXEMBOURG GARDENS, PARIS
CHAPTER 8 PALAIS GARNIER, PARIS
CHAPTER 9 CHEZ GEORGES BISTRO, PARIS
CHAPTER 10 THE TIMES OFFICE, PARIS
CHAPTER 11 GARE DU NORD TRAIN STATION, PARIS
CHAPTER 12 TOURS
CHAPTER 13 RUE NATIONALE, TOURS
CHAPTER 14 HOTEL MIRABEAU, TOURS
CHAPTER 15 CAFÉ DE FLORE, PARIS
CHAPTER 16 THE TIMES OFFICE, PARIS
CHAPTER 17 HOTEL RITZ, PARIS
CHAPTER 18 CAFÉ DE FLORE, PARIS
CHAPTER 19 THE TIMES OFFICE, PARIS
CHAPTER 20 VERSAILLES POLICE STATION
CHAPTER 21 VILLA TRIANON, VERSAILLES
CHAPTER 22 RUE VÉRON, PARIS
CHAPTER 23 THE TIMES OFFICE, PARIS
CHAPTER 24 MARTIN ET FILS REAL ESTATE AGENT, SAINT-CLOUD
CHAPTER 25 GUNTHER’S VILLA, SAINT-CLOUD
CHAPTER 26 VERSAILLES COURTHOUSE
CHAPTER 27 SAINT-CLOUD CENTRAL SQUARE
EPILOGUE ADELIA BOUTIQUE, MONTMARTRE
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