Afternoons in Paris

Name: Afternoons in Paris
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Janice Law
ISBN: 9781520052236

Author: Janice Law

Narrator: Paul Ansdell

Unabridged: 6 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 01/10/2017

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

Francis Bacon was having a ball in Berlin-until his uncle Lastings disappeared, leaving Francis alone, broke, and wanted by the burgeoning Nazi party for a political murder he didn't commit. Luckily, for a young painter still learning his craft, there's no better place to find refuge than the cafes of Paris. In the City of Lights, Francis can perfect his French, complete his education, and-if he's lucky-escape with his life. Strolling along the boulevard one lovely evening, he hears gunshots and sees a Russian emigre cut down by an assassin. Francis dashes into the night and flees to the countryside, but when Uncle Lastings reappears, Francis will find himself back in the thick of a deadly game of international espionage.

About Janice Law

Janice Law is a writer and painter who has also been published in the fields of journalism, academia and history. Her Anna Peters detective series was nominated for an Edgar and her Francis Bacon series won the Lambda Literary Gay Mystery Award (The Prisoner of the Riviera). She taught college English for 20 years before retiring to the country in Connecticut where she lives with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob

A lively addition to the Francis Bacon series of mysteries. Young Mr. Bacon is in prewar Paris, his naughty, villainous uncle again in the picture, and the boy is up to his usual tricks as a clever, but sometimes hapless, adventurer in a strange city. The plot is tight, the cast of characters in thi......more

Goodreads review by Rita

Listened to the Audiobook version (a $1.00 purchase from the Springfield, MA library). This was the first Francis Bacon book that I've experienced; was not overly impressed with the story, but not sure that reading the 1st 4 books in this series would have made a difference. "Afternoons in Paris" gav......more

Goodreads review by Bethel

Well I struggled through a not to mysterious mystery! LOL Oh well, Paris was nice......more

Goodreads review by Keith

The germ of a very good idea. Sadly the prose is turgid. and wordy. There was no way that I could identify with the characters. They just didn't matter, one way or the other.......more