The Paris Mysteries
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Family / General
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James Patterson
Maxine Paetro
For use in schools and libraries only. The City of Lights sets the stage for romance, drama and intrigue in the latest Confessions novel from the world's bestselling mystery writer! After investigating multiple homicides and her family's decades-old skeletons in the closet, Tandy Angel is finally reunited with her lost love in Paris. But as he grows increasingly distant, Tandy is confronted with disturbing questions about him, as well as what really happened to her long-dead sister. With no way to tell anymore who in her life she can trust, how will Tandy ever get to the bottom of the countless secrets her parents kept from her? James Patterson leads this brilliant teenage detective through Paris on a trail of lies years in the making, with shocking revelations around every corner.
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Author
James Patterson
Pages
320
Publisher
Turtleback
Published Date
2015-09-15
ISBN
0606375260 9780606375269
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"The Paris Mysteries by Edgar Allen Poe is a collection of 3 Auguste Dupin stories. First is the famed Murders in the Rue Morgue where Lady L'Espanaye and her daughter are found brutally murdered in their home. The hero of the story comes in using his powers of deductive reasoning to solve the crime, despite the odd evidence and unreliable witness accounts of the crime. Next is The Mystery of Marie Rogêt, based on a true story of a murder that took place in New York. Here Dupin reaches his conclusions of the guilty party by way of the media accounts of the crime. Lastly is The Purloined Letter, in which a letter is taken from a Royal apartment and is used in a political blackmail scheme. Here Dupin uses deduction and craftiness in order to find the missing letter. <br/><br/>These stories are all classics of Gothic and mystery fiction. Well written and atmospheric, though I must admit it did take me a bit to get used to the pacing and writing style of telling and not showing, the opposite of how modern writers craft their stories. If you're a fan of Poe and classic mystery, give this one a try!<br/><br/>I would like to thank Netgalley and Puskin Vertigo for the gifted copy of this collection in exchange for my honest review."
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Chris Hicks