The Paris Affair

by Teresa Grant

Overview

From the ashes of war rise the secrets of its darkest hearts. . .

In the wake of the Battle of Waterloo, Paris is a house divided. The triumphant Bourbons flaunt their victory with lavish parties, while Bonapartists seek revenge only to be captured and executed. Amid the turmoil, British attaché and Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, discover that his murdered half-sister, Princess Tatiana Kirsanova, may have borne a child--a secret she took to the grave. And Malcolm suspects there was more than mere impropriety behind her silence. . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780758283931
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	03/26/2013
Series:	Rannoch Fraser Mysteries , #5
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Teresa Grant studied British history at Stanford University and received the Firestone Award for Excellence in Research for her honors thesis on shifting conceptions of honor in late fifteenth century England. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she is on the board of the Merola Opera Program, a professional training program for opera singers, coaches, and stage directors. She is currently at work on her next book chronicling the adventures of Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch.

Editorial Reviews

A strong plot propels Grant’s third Regency mystery featuring the husband-and-wife spy team of Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch (after 2012’s Imperial Scandal). In a Paris tavern, two months after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, Malcolm, in his role as attaché to the British embassy, meets with a French double agent who once served Bonaparte and fears arrest by the Bourbons, Antoine, Comte de Rivère, while Suzanne makes the most of her physical charms to distract the tavern’s other customers. The count not only demands safe passage out of the country but a pension and two residences, threatening to reveal something damning if his terms aren’t met. Before Malcolm can learn more about a secret that would make the Duke of Wellington accede to the outrageous terms, a fight breaks out. In the resulting tumult, someone stabs Rivère to death. Back at the British embassy, the duke charges both Rannochs to find the truth. Grant nicely blends the political machinations of the time with the murder investigation. Agent: Nancy Yost, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. (Apr.)

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