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The Paris librarian : a Hugo Marston novel / Mark Pryor.

Pryor, Mark, 1967- (author.).

Summary:

"Hugo Marston investigates the death of a friend at the American Library in Paris and discovers a mystery dating back to World War II"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781633881778 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 263 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, 2016.
Subject: Americans > France > Paris > Fiction.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Fiction.
Motion picture actors and actresses > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

  • Baker & Taylor
    When his friend dies mysteriously in the American Library in Paris, Hugo Marston investigates and must return to the scene of a decades-old crime involving an American actress who was rumored to have killed an SS officer in 1944.
  • Baker & Taylor
    When his friend, Paul Rogers, dies under mysterious circumstances in a locked room at the American Library in Paris, Hugo Marston decides to investigate and must return to the scene of a decades-old crime involving an American actress who was rumored to have killed an SS officer in 1944. By the author of The Bookseller. Original.
  • Baker & Taylor
    "Hugo Marston's friend Paul Rogers dies unexpectedly in a locked room at the American Library in Paris. The police conclude that Rogers died of natural causes, but Hugo is certain mischief is afoot. As he pokes around the library, Hugo discovers that rumors are swirling around some recently donated letters from American actress Isabelle Severin. The reason: they indicate that the actress had aided the resistance in frequent trips to France towards the end of World War II. Even more dramatic is the legend that the Severin Collection also contains a dagger, one she used to kill an SS officer in 1944. Hugo delves deeper into the stacks at the American library and finally realizes that the history of this case isn't what anyone suspected. But to prove he'sright, Hugo must return to the scene of a decades-old crime"--
  • Baker & Taylor
    "Hugo Marston investigates the death of a friend at the American Library in Paris and discovers a mystery dating back to World War II"--
  • Random House, Inc.
    Hugo Marston’s friend Paul Rogers dies unexpectedly in a locked room at the American Library in Paris. The police conclude that Rogers died of natural causes, but Hugo is certain mischief is afoot. As he pokes around the library, Hugo discovers that rumors are swirling around some recently donated letters from American actress Isabelle Severin. The reason: they may indicate that the actress had aided the Resistance in frequent trips to France toward the end of World War II. Even more dramatic is the legend that the Severin collection also contains a dagger, one she used to kill an SS officer in 1944. Hugo delves deeper into the stacks at the American library and finally realizes that the history of this case isn’t what anyone suspected. But to prove he’s right, Hugo must return to the scene of a decades-old crime.
  • Simon and Schuster
    Hugo Marston's friend Paul Rogers dies unexpectedly in a locked room at the American Library in Paris. The police conclude that Rogers died of natural causes, but Hugo is certain mischief is afoot. As he pokes around the library, Hugo discovers that rumors are swirling around some recently donated letters from American actress Isabelle Severin. The reason: they may indicate that the actress had aided the Resistance in frequent trips to France toward the end of World War II. Even more dramatic is the legend that the Severin collection also contains a dagger, one she used to kill an SS officer in 1944. Hugo delves deeper into the stacks at the American library and finally realizes that the history of this case isn't what anyone suspected. But to prove he's right, Hugo must return to the scene of a decades-old crime.

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