An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder

Filled with Victorian-era intrigue for readers of Rhys Bowen, Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, and Julia
Seales, Dianne Freeman’s Agatha Award-winning series takes a delightful jaunt to the City of Light as Frances
Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, encounters a murder scene at the Paris Exposition.
Frances and her husband, George, have two points of interest in Paris. One is an impromptu holiday to visit
the Paris Exposition. The other is personal. George’s Aunt Julia has requested her nephew’s help in looking
into the suspicious death of renowned artist Paul Ducasse. Though Julia is not entirely forthcoming about her
reasons, she is clearly a woman mourning a lost love.
At the exposition, swarming with tourists, tragedy casts a pall on the festivities. A footbridge collapses. Julia is
among the casualties. However, she was not just another fateful victim. Julia was stabbed to death amid the
chaos. With an official investigation at a standstill, George and Frances realize that to solve the case they must
dig into Julia’s life—as well as Paul’s—and question everything and everyone in Julia’s coterie of artists and
secrets.
They have no shortage of suspects. There is Paul’s inscrutable widow, Gabrielle. Paul’s art dealer and
manager, Lucien. Julia’s friend Martine, a sculptress with a jealous streak. And art jurist, Monsieur Beaufoy. The
investigation takes a turn when it’s revealed that George has inherited control of Julia’s estate—and another of
her secrets. While George investigates, Frances safeguards their new legacy, and is drawn further into danger
by a killer determined to keep the past buried.