Pablo De Santis

The Paris Enigma (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the tradition of The Alienist and The Devil in the White City comes a gripping, atmospheric tale of murder and the art of crime solving.

Paris, 1889: in anticipation of the World's Fair and the opening of Monsieur Eiffel's tower, a society of the world's most famous detectives convenes as a single body for the very first time. Sent in place of a conspicuously absent Renato Craig, founding member of The Twelve, his novice assistant Sigmundo Salvatrio arrives, bearing a secret message for the brilliant, brooding Viktor Arzaky, Craig's best friend and the society's cofounder. When one of The Twelve is discovered murdered at the Tower's basethe first in a series of grisly slayingsit falls to Arzaky and Salvatrio, the last remaining student of Craig's famed Academy for Detectives in Buenos Aires, to find and stop the killer. But what the two discover as they race around fin-de-siècle Parisencountering secret societies, philosophical puzzles, and an imperiled, dangerously beautiful womanhas shattering consequences that will alter the fate of their precious brotherhood forever.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780061980343
• Artikelnr.: 38004324

Autorenporträt

A journalist and comic-strip creator who became editorin chief of one of Argentina's leading comics magazines,Pablo De Santis is the author of six critically acclaimed novels, one work of nonfiction, and a number of books for young adults. His works have been published in more than twenty countries. He lives in Buenos Aires.