### From Publishers Weekly Bestseller Cornwell's 15th novel to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after 2005's _Predator_) delivers her trademark grisly crime scenes, but lacks the coherence and emotional resonance of earlier books. Soon after relocating to Charleston, S.C., to launch a private forensics l
The Books of the Dead
โ Scribed by Emilia Bernhard
- Publisher
- CROOKED LANE BOOKS
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
The second book in Emilia Bernhard's charming Death in Paris series, featuring two American sleuths in the City of Lights, is perfect for fans of M. L. Longworth and Juliet Blackwell.
_Parisian summers are for strolls in the park . . . and solving a murder --or two. _
When American sleuth Rachel Levis stumbles upon an employee of the French national library strangled in the bathroom of a cafe, she's not surprised to be asked to help with the investigation by her old acquaintance Capitaine Boussicault--after all, she and her best friend Magda solved a tricky murder only eighteen months before.
But right from the start, this case proves to be tr es difficile. When Rachel goes undercover as a librarian to determine which of his book-loving colleagues loathed the man enough to kill him, the library is rocked by more bad news: a priceless antique book has been mutilated. And the very next day, her favorite suspect for the...
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### From Publishers Weekly Bestseller Cornwell's 15th novel to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after 2005's *Predator*) delivers her trademark grisly crime scenes, but lacks the coherence and emotional resonance of earlier books. Soon after relocating to Charleston, S.C., to launch a private forensics l
Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. And the death of a sixteen-year-old tennis star will usher in a string of murders more bafflingand terrifyingthan any that have come before. ### From Publishers Weekly Bestseller Cornwel
Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. And the death of a sixteen-year-old tennis star will usher in a string of murders more bafflingand terrifyingthan any that have come before. ### From Publishers Weekly Bestseller Cornwel
Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. And the death of a sixteen-year-old tennis star will usher in a string of murders more baffling--and terrifying--than any that have come before.