Bones of Paris, Laurie King

1929, Paris, the Jazz age is in full swing, artists, poets, writers flock to the city of light along with lots of twenty-something bright young things, eager for a new life.

American Harris Stuyvesant, (Touchstone) now a private eye instead of a Bureau man is asked to track down Pip Crosby and for the money he’s being offered he doesn’t hesitate. Harris questions Pip’s roommate, artists she modeled for and his investigations lead him to a seedy theatre where the macabre plays alongside high comedy and Pip was trying to establish herself as an actress. Is there a crazed killer preying on the community of Montparnasse and could Harris be about to inadvertently place someone he cares about in great danger for a second time.

Sprinkled with real ex-pats like Sylvia Beech of Shakespeare and Company, Hemingway, spoiling for a fight, Man Ray, Josephine Baker and composer Cole Porter, King’s Paris is vibrant and sensual with a very dark heart beating beneath.

If you haven't read Touchstone, you've still got time to catch up!