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A charming series debut featuring two American sleuths in Paris, Death in Paris is a perfect traditional mystery for fans of M. L. Longworth and Juliet Blackwell.The only thing chillier than a Parisian winter is cold-blooded murder.When French financier Edgar Bowen drowns in a bowl of soup, his former girlfriend, American Rachel Levis, is alarmed by the unnatural death. Who dies eating a nice vichyssoise But when she overhears a mourner at his funeral describing the circumstances of his death, something sounds even stranger: a bottle of ros was on the dining table when he died. The only problem: Edgar loathed ros. If he wasn't drinking it, who was After the police rule the death accidental, Rachel knows it's up to her and her best friend Magda to investigate. As the two Americans immerse themselves in Edgar's upper-class world, the list of suspects grows: Could it have been his son, who inherited his money and lavish apartment His icy ex-wife His greedy new girlfriend His impoverished personal assistant But when the suspects start dropping like flies, Rachel and Magda realize the murderer is tying up loose ends. It'll be up to two amateur sleuths to solve their first case before the murderer decides they're next...
About the Author
Emilia Bernhard (1968-) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since hen, she's lived in Iowa City, Iowa, Fayetteville, Arkansas, London, Cambridge and Bristol. She likes to move. She currently lives and works in Exeter, Devon, where she has two cats and a cozy little flat. Death in Paris is her first novel, and it's the first in the "Death in Paris" series, which will feature amateur ex-pat detectives Rachel Levis and Magda Stevens. The second in the series will be published in October 2019.
