Posts tagged ‘Mystery’
Sylvie Granotier on upcoming Tour: The Paris Lawyer
Author Sylvie GRANOTIER on Tour
July 11-30, 2013
with her novel
The Paris Lawyer
(translated by Anne TRAGER)
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Genre: legal procedural /psychological thriller
BISAC category: Suspense
(starts with a murder, then is a mystery).
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The Paris Lawyer won
the Grand Prix Sang d’Encre crime fiction award in 2011.
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SYNOPSIS
As a child, she was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now, Catherine Monsigny is an ambitious rookie attorney in Paris, working for a well-known firm. On the side, she does pro bono work and hits the jackpot: a major felony case that could boost her career. A black woman is accused of poisoning her rich farmer husband in a peaceful village in central France, where nothing ever happens. While preparing the case, Catherine’s own past comes back with a vengeance. This fast-paced story follows Catherine’s determined search for the truth in both her case and her own life. Who can she believe? And can you ever escape from your past? The story twists and turns, combining subtle psychological insight with detailed descriptions of the region. [from the publisher’s website]
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE
Friday, July 19
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed
Monday, July 22
Review + guest-post at Queen of All She Reads
Monday, August 12
Review + giveaway at The Most Happy Reader
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Praise for The Paris Lawyer
“Sylvie Granotier’s The Paris Lawyer is a beautifully written
and elegantly structured novel
of a woman’s attempt to solve the central mystery of her life,
along with several other mysteries along the way.
It captures the reader from the first page, and never lets go.”
— Thomas H. Cook, winner of the Martin Beck Award,
Barry Award for Best Novel,
Edgar Award for Best Novel
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Frédérique Molay on upcoming Tour: The 7th Woman
Author Frédérique Molay on Tour
July 11-30, 2013
with her novel
The 7th Woman
(translated by Anne TRAGER)
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Genre: police procedural/thriller
BISAC cat.: Mystery and Detective/Police procedural
(descriptions of gruesome murders)
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Won France’s most prestigious crime fiction award, the Prix du Quai des Orfèvres
Named Best Crime Fiction Novel of the Year by Lire magazine
Months on the bestseller lists
Translated into seven languages
Over 150,000 copies sold in France
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SYNOPSIS
There’s no rest for Paris’s top criminal investigation division, La Crim’. Who is preying on women in the French capital? How can he kill again and again without leaving any clues? A serial killer is taking pleasure in a macabre ritual that leaves the police on tenterhooks. Chief of Police Nico Sirsky—a super cop with a modern-day real life, including an ex-wife, a teenage son and a budding love story—races against the clock to solve the murders as they get closer and closer to his inner circle. Will he resist the pressure? The story grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go until the last page, leading you behind the scenes with the French police and into the coroner’s office. It has the suspense of Seven, with CSI-like details, giving a whole new dimension to Paris. [FROM THE PUBLISHER’S WEBSITE]
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE
Thursday, July 11
Review + Giveaway at No More Grumpy Bookseller
Thursday, July 18
Review at Finding Time To Write
Saturday, July 27
Guest-post at Mary’s Cup of Tea
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Praise for The 7th Woman
“Frédérique Molay is the French Michael Connelly.”
— Jean Miot, former head of Agence France Presse
and the French daily Le Figaro
“It’s really an excellent book.
It’s the kind of suspense that makes you miss your subway stop
or turn off your phone once you’ve started it.”
—RTL
“You barely have time to catch your breath
between turning the pages of this spine-tingling novel.”
— Cine Tele Revue
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