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Alexis Ragougneau on tour: The Madonna of Notre Dame

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Alexis Ragougneau

on Tour

September 12-21

with

The Madonna of Notre Dame

The Madonna of Notre Dame

(thriller)

 Release date: October 11, 2016
at New Vessel Press

ISBN: 978-1-939931-39-3
210 pages

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SYNOPSIS

Fifty thousand believers and photo-hungry tourists jam into Notre Dame Cathedral on August 15 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. The next morning, a stunningly beautiful young woman clothed all in white kneels at prayer in a cathedral side chapel. But when an American tourist accidentally bumps against her, her body collapses. She has been murdered: the autopsy reveals disturbing details. Police investigators and priests search for the killer as they discover other truths about guilt and redemption in this soaring Paris refuge for the lost, the damned, and the saved. The suspect is a disturbed young man obsessed with the Virgin Mary who spends his days hallucinating in front of a Madonna. But someone else knows the true killer of the white-clad daughter of Algerian immigrants. This thrilling novel illuminates shadowy corners of the world’s most famous cathedral, shedding light on good and evil with suspense, compassion and wry humor.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexis RagougneauAlexis Ragougneau
is a playwright and
The Madonna of Notre Dame is his first novel.
He has worked in Notre Dame Cathedral
helping monitor tourist crowds
and knows well its infinite secrets
and the forgotten souls who linger in its darkest corners.

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, September 12
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Wednesday, September 14
Review  at Svetlana’s Reads and Views

Friday, September 16
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Saturday, September 17
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at
Musings of a Writer & Unabashed Francophile

Sunday, September 18
Spotlight + Giveaway at
History from a Woman’s Perspective

Monday, September 19
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Fuonlyknew

Tuesday, September 20
Review + Giveaway at Reading to Unwind

Wednesday, September 21
Review at Book and Ink

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1 winner will receive a copy of this book

FRIDAY 56 (March 11)

Friday 56Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
*Find any sentence, (or a few, just don’t spoil it) that grabs you.
*Post it.
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MessandrierreClick on the book cover to know more about the book

Jacques waited for a response.
“Oh, yes, the young man with the telephone, darling, you remember…”
She walked over to the sideboard and collected her cigarettes and then sat at the table beside her husband. “I think we asked him for tea, didn’t we?”
John smiled as he verbalised the thought. Madame breathed in the fumes from her cigarette.
“That’s right, darling.”
She let the smoke escape into the air as she spoke. “And he said he was in a hurry, darling, and refused our invitation.” She pointedly stared at him.

location at 56%

 

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First Chapter First Paragraph — Messandrierre

first paragraphEvery Tuesday,
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 Messandrierre

Messandrierre

(murder mystery/romance)

Release date: December 8, 2015
at Crooked Cat Publishing Ltd

119  pages

ISBN: 978-1910510759

Website | Goodreads

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I died beneath a clear autumn sky in September, late in September when warm cévenol afternoons drift into cooler than usual evenings before winter steals down from the summit of Mont Aigoual.

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