A Scandal at the Moulin Rouge
(2027)(The third book in the Belle Epoque Bookshop Mystery series)
A novel by Amelia Pine
Paris has a new sensation. Before opening night is over, it will have a corpse.
Paris, 1889. The Moulin Rouge is opening beneath a blaze of electric light, and American bookseller Emma Greene has a front-row seat to the spectacle. The champagne is flowing, the cancan is scandalizing respectable society, and half of Paris has come to see and be seen.
Then a vicomte falls dead at the edge of the dance floor.
Hours earlier, Emma examined the scandalous memoir he was trying to sell and discovered something far more dangerous than gossip: parts of it were forged, and one genuine page had been carefully cut away. Now the manuscript has disappeared, the missing page may be worth a fortune, and someone is determined to keep its contents buried.
As Emma helps Inspector Étienne Lefèvre unravel the book’s secrets, someone begins taking a dangerous interest in her notes. The closer she comes to reconstructing what was removed, the more obvious it becomes that the killer is paying attention.
And murder is not Emma’s only complication. Theodore Hollis is becoming increasingly difficult to think of as merely a friend, while Lefèvre’s carefully restrained feelings are becoming equally difficult to ignore.
Emma asked for time to decide what she wanted.
Paris, apparently, has other plans.
Some secrets are hidden in books. The most dangerous ones are hidden in the pages someone has taken out.
Book 3 in the Belle Époque Bookshop Mysteries, a witty, atmospheric historical cozy filled with gaslit Paris, found family, literary intrigue,a clean slow-burn romance simmering beneath the mystery. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, Rhys Bowen, and Miss Scarlet. Available in Kindle Unlimited.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Paris, 1889. The Moulin Rouge is opening beneath a blaze of electric light, and American bookseller Emma Greene has a front-row seat to the spectacle. The champagne is flowing, the cancan is scandalizing respectable society, and half of Paris has come to see and be seen.
Then a vicomte falls dead at the edge of the dance floor.
Hours earlier, Emma examined the scandalous memoir he was trying to sell and discovered something far more dangerous than gossip: parts of it were forged, and one genuine page had been carefully cut away. Now the manuscript has disappeared, the missing page may be worth a fortune, and someone is determined to keep its contents buried.
As Emma helps Inspector Étienne Lefèvre unravel the book’s secrets, someone begins taking a dangerous interest in her notes. The closer she comes to reconstructing what was removed, the more obvious it becomes that the killer is paying attention.
And murder is not Emma’s only complication. Theodore Hollis is becoming increasingly difficult to think of as merely a friend, while Lefèvre’s carefully restrained feelings are becoming equally difficult to ignore.
Emma asked for time to decide what she wanted.
Paris, apparently, has other plans.
Some secrets are hidden in books. The most dangerous ones are hidden in the pages someone has taken out.
Book 3 in the Belle Époque Bookshop Mysteries, a witty, atmospheric historical cozy filled with gaslit Paris, found family, literary intrigue,a clean slow-burn romance simmering beneath the mystery. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, Rhys Bowen, and Miss Scarlet. Available in Kindle Unlimited.
Genre: Historical Mystery