The Shattered Portrait

Name: The Shattered Portrait
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Alice Quinn
ISBN: 9781799749974

Author: Alice Quinn, Alexandra Maldwyn-Davies

Series: Belle Epoque Mystery #2

Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 02/25/2020

Categories: Fiction, Women, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

When one of the wealthiest and most hated men on the French Riviera is murdered, finding his killer becomes a privilege—and a danger.It’s a Mediterranean winter in 1888. Though Cannes glistens, it’s darker behind closed doors. A real estate crisis has ripped through the city’s storied fortunes, upending lives. Courtesan Lola Deslys has survived the ruins unscathed…until she’s drawn into the desperation of a former, and unfaithful, acquaintance. With the threat of debtors’ prison hanging over her head, Lola’s latest client is running out of time and luck.Her client has solicited Lola to reclaim an incriminating contract from the ruthless banker at the heart of the crisis. Many want to see the swindler dead, and when he’s found murdered, everyone is a suspect—including one of Lola’s closest friends. The only clue to finding the real killer: a shattered portrait. The only hope: to follow its pieces through the back alleys and deadly deceptions of the belle époque.

About Alice Quinn

Alice Quinn lives on the French Riviera, surrounded by her family and cats. After achieving great success with the Rosie Maldonne mystery series, featuring Queen of the Masquerade, Queen of the Hide Out, and Queen of the Trailer Park—which was a #1 bestseller in France—she changed her register and plunged with delight into historical intrigue in Cannes in the belle époque, an era full of intriguing contrasts. The Shattered Portrait is the second novel in her Belle Époque Mystery trilogy. For more information about the author, visit her at www.alice-quinn.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly (AndKellyReads) on April 13, 2020

I wanted to like this one, I really really did. I don't know what was missing for me, but I just couldn't get into it. It took me a long time to even make it over halfway. I'll probably come back to it in a year or so and try it again, but for right now, this book was not a great one for me. Lola wa......more

Goodreads review by Toni on March 12, 2020

4.5 Stars This is the second book in the Belle Epoque Mystery series by Alice Quinn. This is a fascinating historical cozy mystery is set in Cannes, France. The author went to a lot of effort to make this book uber realistic for us even going to the places mentioned and making sure where they were goi......more

Goodreads review by Claire on March 13, 2019

J'attendais ce livre avec une grande impatience étant donné que j'avais dévoré le tome 1. Quand Alice Quinn m'a invitée à le découvrir avant sa sortie sur NetGalley, j'ai tout laissé tomber pour me précipiter dessus. Et je n'ai pas été déçue. L'histoire reprend quatre ans après les événements du pre......more

Goodreads review by Angélita on April 23, 2019

Résumé Le portrait brisé Une enquête à la Belle-Epoque tome 2 d’Alice Quinn Lola et Miss Fletcher sont heureuses. Elles se rendent à la gare accueillir leur ami Guy de Maupassant. Dans ce lieu, elles assistent à une dispute entre un banquier, très en vue, à Cannes et un homme qui a tout perdu à cause......more

Goodreads review by Jean on February 19, 2020

A real estate disaster in late 1800s Cannes provides the backdrop for Alice Quinn’s The Shattered Portrait. Lola Deslys, a well-known courtesan, is hired by Lady Clarence to steal her loan agreement from the hated banker Henri Cousin. She is under threat by her husband to send her to an asylum rathe......more