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A Fatal Current at the Exposition
(2026)(The second book in the Belle Epoque Bookshop Mystery series)
A novel by Amelia Pine
Paris is ready to dazzle. Someone is ready to kill.
Paris, 1889. The Exposition Universelle glitters with electric light, soaring iron, and the promise that progress will remake the world. It is the most beautiful thing Emma Greene has ever seen. It is also hiding a body.
When Daniel Harrington, her old friend and the boy she once loved, is found dead beneath the lights of the Champ de Mars, the officials are quick and certain: a tragic electrical accident, nothing more. Emma knows better. Days before he died, Daniel had confided in her about the rot beneath the fair’s golden surface, the corruption, the fraud, the powerful men with fortunes worth protecting at any cost. They want her to grieve quietly and let it go. She has never been good at letting things go.
When Inspector Étienne Lefèvre reluctantly comes to ask for her help, Emma and her friends, the irrepressible Cécile and the sharp-eyed Luc, follow the current through phonograph demonstrations and private salons where industrialists trade secrets over champagne. Everyone has something to hide, someone powerful would prefer she stop asking, and somewhere in the dazzling crowds, a figure has begun to follow her. Lefèvre insists on exactly how far she may involve herself, lines she fully intends to cross. But the deeper into danger she goes, the less he can hide how much he wants her safe, and the harder it becomes for either of them to pretend this is only about the case.
Book 2 in the Belle Époque Bookshop Mysteries, a witty, atmospheric cozy with a clean, slow-burn romance that builds a little hotter with every chapter. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, Rhys Bowen, and Miss Scarlet and The Duke. Available in Kindle Unlimited.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Paris, 1889. The Exposition Universelle glitters with electric light, soaring iron, and the promise that progress will remake the world. It is the most beautiful thing Emma Greene has ever seen. It is also hiding a body.
When Daniel Harrington, her old friend and the boy she once loved, is found dead beneath the lights of the Champ de Mars, the officials are quick and certain: a tragic electrical accident, nothing more. Emma knows better. Days before he died, Daniel had confided in her about the rot beneath the fair’s golden surface, the corruption, the fraud, the powerful men with fortunes worth protecting at any cost. They want her to grieve quietly and let it go. She has never been good at letting things go.
When Inspector Étienne Lefèvre reluctantly comes to ask for her help, Emma and her friends, the irrepressible Cécile and the sharp-eyed Luc, follow the current through phonograph demonstrations and private salons where industrialists trade secrets over champagne. Everyone has something to hide, someone powerful would prefer she stop asking, and somewhere in the dazzling crowds, a figure has begun to follow her. Lefèvre insists on exactly how far she may involve herself, lines she fully intends to cross. But the deeper into danger she goes, the less he can hide how much he wants her safe, and the harder it becomes for either of them to pretend this is only about the case.
Book 2 in the Belle Époque Bookshop Mysteries, a witty, atmospheric cozy with a clean, slow-burn romance that builds a little hotter with every chapter. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, Rhys Bowen, and Miss Scarlet and The Duke. Available in Kindle Unlimited.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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