Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/772267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last One Left Alive Series: #12 of DCI Matilda Darke Thriller Author: Michael Wood Narrator: Stephanie Beattie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 25, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: DCI Matilda Darke is back. And it might be her most personal case yet. ‘Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths FIVE PERFECT MURDERS DCI Matilda Darke receives an anonymous email from someone claiming to have committed the perfect murder. Experience tells her this isn’t possible, but as she investigates, she discovers a killer questioning everything she’s ever known. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT Now, Matilda is on the trail of a murderer who targets the most vulnerable people in society. Apart from ‘With Sympathy…’ cards, hand delivered to the family of his victims, he leaves no trace of his crimes. A KILLER’S DEADLY GAME As the threat escalates, and those closest to Matilda are targeted, she finds herself isolated and alone in bringing down her opponent before it’s game over. After all, there can only be one winner in this game of cat-and-mouse, and the clock is ticking… Praise for Michael Wood ‘A master of horror and suspense’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of the best books ever, in one of the best series ever! It is THAT good!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow what a book… I adore this series and every book is better and better’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book sets off at a hundred miles an hour and never lets off… this is my favourite detective series’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Exciting, tense and compelling… shocking and brilliant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow! Wow! Wow! The twists keep on coming to the last page’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I don’t have words! Wow just wow! This blew me away. DCI Matilda Darke and her team are my favourite detectives’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book had a bit of everything… some crazy twists and turns’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another cracking, nail-biting read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Moon Series: #2 of Hope Herring Mystery Author: J. A. Whiting, Nell Mccarthy Narrator: Meghan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 24, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: This is Book 2 in the Hope Herring Mystery series by USA Today bestselling author, J. A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy. It is October and Hope and her daughter, Cori, are settling into their new town. When Cori and her friends go to a spooky and haunted attraction for some Halloween fun, things take a strange and frightening turn which thrusts the Herring women into a mystery they want nothing to do with. There's also their resident ghost who needs help researching the past to uncover his killer. Will Cori and Hope be able to figure out what's going on before someone else loses their life?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happy Housekeeper's Guide to Disaster Series: #5 of Barbara Hollis Murder Mystery Author: Blythe Baker Narrator: Alex Picard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 17, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Something strange is going on next door. Suspicious that an elderly neighbor may be in danger, Barbara and her friend Vicky investigate mysterious activities down the street. Barbara also has worries further from home, as a certain attractive but crooked restaurant owner has discovered the part she played in his downfall. Can Barbara uncover the truth next door without being blind to a more shadowy danger across town?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Debt Series: #2 of DS Rick Turner series Author: M.K. Murphy Narrator: Ethan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 12, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Praise for the DS Rick Turner series ‘A compulsive thriller’ Ann Cleeves ‘A terrifically tense sequel!’ Daniel Sellers Justice is served As criminal gangs rampage unchecked across London, a secretive elite squad begins a campaign of action, delivering the guilty to the cops – along with all the evidence they need for a conviction. Lines are drawn But when innocent people are shot after the vigilante crew blunders into a major police operation – Detective Rick Turner among the unintended victims – it’s clear they must be stopped. Rick’s brother Sam might be able to help, but he’s a fugitive from the law himself, on nobody’s side but his own. In too deep As Sam and Rick are drawn into a vast criminal web, allegiances are tested to the limit. mistrusted by his bosses, and targeted by a deadly enemy out for revenge, Rick must decide where his true loyalties lie. Perfect for fans of Gytha Lodge, Michael Wood and Matt Brolly. Readers LOVE Detective Rick Turner ‘So many twists and surprises’ reader reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I read it in one sitting’ reader reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Ticked all the boxes for a great thriller’ reader reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Had me gripped’ reader reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sleep While I Sing Author: L. R. Wright Narrator: Ben Blais, Anders Yates, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge, Athena Karkanis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: September 10, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the second Karl Alberg detective story--is he the detective or the suspect? Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global TV. For fans of Shetland and Broadchurch, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast isn't always so sunny for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg. Karl Alberg used to be a big-city cop solving crimes involving gangsters, drug lords, real low-lifes. He can't possibly be stumped by a murder in small town? But he is. The woman was found propped against a tree, her pretty face scrubbed clean, and her slender neck slit from one side to the other. And that is all anyone can tell Alberg. Her name? Not so much. So Alberg hires a local artist to draw her picture; maybe someone will recognize her…without, you know, the sliced-up neck. It's a brilliant idea. The answers pour in. And they all point to one potential suspect, which should make Alberg very happy. But it doesn't. This gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775531 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Suspect Author: L. R. Wright Narrator: Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge, John Nelles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: September 10, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the first Karl Alberg detective story, where life on the Sunshine Coast isn't as sunny as it seems. Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global TV. For fans of Shetland and Broadchurch, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast isn't always so sunny for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg. To Karl Alberg a quiet coastal town is exactly what he needs to soothe a psyche that's been battered by big-city police work. But this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets. Bees buzz among the roses, and the local librarian is attractive, intriguing, and unattached. Perhaps he has at last come in from the cold. But a murder in small town can conceal a lot of secrets --some of them bleak enough to make a man yearn for some nice straightforward urban crime. Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective in solving the murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Chill Rain in January Author: L. R. Wright Narrator: Katey Wright, Kristin Kreuk, Peter Outerbridge, Davin Babulal, Maggie Huculak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 10, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the third Karl Alberg detective story, where a new resident ties Alberg's life up in knots. Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global TV. For fans of Shetland and Broadchurch, British Columbia's Sunshine Coast isn't always so sunny for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg. Although Alberg is effectively the police chief, the most pressing thing on his desk right now is the spunky old lady who has apparently escaped from her retirement home. Zoe Strachan has a comfortable house, built on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast: secluded, private, far away from the past she has left behind. Beautiful and enigmatic, Zoe has no friends and ­seemingly ­no family. Until her brother shows up one day and threatens to reveal the secret she thought was buried forever.   Against his will, Karl Alberg finds himself being drawn deeper and deeper into these women’s lives ­ to the detriment of his on-again, off-again relationship with the alluring librarian Cassandra Mitchell. And then suddenly he realizes the danger that lies ahead--a danger he must do everything to avert before it’s too late.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769555 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Violent Heart: The brand new 2024 crime thriller from the acclaimed author of The Art of Death Author: David Fennell Narrator: Jess Nesling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: August 29, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Elena Zoric, a sex worker and addict, is murdered, her body concealed and left near a stream in North London. Her phone lies nearby, the last number dialled was to a former NCA Investigator, a woman who had saved her from sex trafficking: Met DI, Grace Archer. When questioned by North London police, a devastated Archer has no answer to why Elena would call her moments from her death. Archer wants to lead the investigation but its out of her catchment area and she is warned off it by her new boss, the charmless old school copper, Chief Inspector Les Fletcher. The thirty year old remains of a woman are found in the attic of an abandoned house. Archer takes over the case and discovers the victim died in similar circumstances to Elena Zoric. Archer pushes for an alliance with her North London colleagues but it seems they have other priorities than looking into the murder of 'a drugged up prostitute'. An incensed Archer goes rogue and searches for proof that both women were murdered by the same man.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771411 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happy Housekeeper's Guide to Danger Series: #4 of Barbara Hollis Murder Mystery Author: Blythe Baker Narrator: Alex Picard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 27, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: A violent assault on a door-to-door salesman leaves the man's life hanging in the balance as Barbara, Craig, and Deputy Elwood search for answers. Was it the victim's estranged wife? A business competitor? A dissatisfied customer? Meanwhile, Barbara has a chance at a new romance, but she has barely begun to pursue it when yet another mystery rises up. Can Barbara solve two different crimes before either of the perpetrators catches up to her?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wedding Rows Series: #8 of The Manor House Mystery Author: Kate Kingsbury Narrator: Mary Sarah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 20, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The eighth book in the fabulous Manor House Mystery Series by Kate Kingsbury, the bestselling author of the Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries! Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter and a little bit of romance—that's village life in wartime England . . . Left with only a muddle-headed butler, a bossy cook/housekeeper, and a couple of energetic maids, Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton has enough problems on her hands. Not only is she struggling to upkeep the sprawling Manor House and vast acres she inherited, she must also take care of her numerous tenants, while coping with the inconveniences and sacrifices of wartime England. Fortunately Sitting Marsh is far removed from the bombing going on in London and other cities. That doesn't mean that peace prevails in the tiny village. There's the handsome American major who takes over the Manor House for officers' quarters, and the group of belligerent housewives determined to take on the German invaders, not to mention a murder or two . . . Lovers of Agatha Christie's books will find much to enjoy in this tale of intrigue and laughter in an English village, and Emily Brightwell fans will fall in love with the offbeat characters of Sitting Marsh.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder at Vinland Author: Alyssa Maxwell Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland, the Viking-themed seaside home of her relative, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, where the guest of honor is Edith Roosevelt, wife of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Listening to the speakers and observing the ladies in attendance, Emma is struck by the contrast of the Viking warrior–inspired elements in the house and the admirable but admittedly genteel cause of bird protection. Vinland bears the name of the Vikings' first landfall in North America, but in this room today there is most assuredly no one to fear. Emma's observation of harmless philanthropy is proven wrong the following morning when one of Mrs. Twombly's houseguests from the luncheon becomes mysteriously and dangerously ill. Accompanying police detective Jesse Whyte, Emma discovers a box of petit fours supposedly sent by Mrs. Roosevelt. They promptly rule out the Second Lady as a suspect, but someone has poisoned the cakes. Soon another box of desserts as well as letters tainted with ink containing caustic toxins show up at other grand Newport cottages. Are the ladies from the luncheon being targeted? Emma and Jesse must sort through possible motives and means because now more than the birds need protection . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/766288 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Blink of an Eye: A Novel Author: Jo Callaghan Narrator: Rose Akroyd, Paul Mendez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 6, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • Two detectives: one human, one AI. And a case that will test them both. “Wildly original, heartfelt, funny, and properly thrilling, this is the kind of fresh and fearless debut I just adore.”—Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick Winner of the Crime Writers’ Association’s John Creasy New Blood Dagger Award and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her intuition, honed through years of on-the-beat police work. Picked to lead a pilot program that has her paired with Lock, an AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity)—a hologram that is activated by a device on Kat’s wrist—Kat’s gut reactions about people and motives come up against Lock’s statistical calculations and data analysis that can be devised in seconds. But as the two missing person’s cold cases they are reviewing suddenly become active, Lock is the only one who can help when the case begins to target Kat personally. AI versus human experience. Logic versus instinct. With lives on the line, can the pair work together to solve the mystery in time? A dazzling debut from an exciting new voice, In the Blink of an Eye asks us what we think it means to be human. NOMINATED: Capital Crime’s Overall Crime Book of the Year; Crimefest’s Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ashram Assassin: Paperback Sleuths, Book 3 Series: #3 of Paperback Sleuths Author: Andrew Cartmel Narrator: Olivia Dowd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 1, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Humorous cosy-crime caper in which a feisty, amoral book dealer uses her unique skills to catch a murderer, desperate to hide the secrets kept by the yoga-obsessed staff and students of a West London ashram. When a set of rare, impossible-to-find yoga books are stolen from a West London ashram, its leaders turn to Cordelia, the paperback sleuth, to recover them – a set-up that's a little awkward as they've previously barred her from yoga classes for selling marijuana to their students. But what begins as a hunt for missing paperbacks soon becomes a murder investigation as those involved with the ashram can't seem to stop dropping down dead – murdered with a whisky bottle to the head or a poisoned curry. Can Cordelia work out who the killer is and bring them to justice before they bring an end to her sleuthing for good.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire When Ready Series: #7 of The Manor House Mystery Author: Kate Kingsbury Narrator: Mary Sarah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The seventh book in the fabulous Manor House Mystery Series by Kate Kingsbury, the bestselling author of the Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries! Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter, and a little bit of romance—that's village life in wartime England . . . Left with only a muddle-headed butler, a bossy cook/housekeeper, and a couple of energetic maids, Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton has enough problems on her hands. Not only is she struggling to upkeep the sprawling Manor House and vast acres she inherited, she must also take care of her numerous tenants, while coping with the inconveniences and sacrifices of wartime England. Fortunately Sitting Marsh is far removed from the bombing going on in London and other cities. That doesn't mean that peace prevails in the tiny village. There's the handsome American major who takes over the Manor House for officers' quarters, and the group of belligerent housewives determined to take on the German invaders, not to mention a murder or two . . . Lovers of Agatha Christie's books will find much to enjoy in this tale of intrigue and laughter in an English village, and Emily Brightwell fans will fall in love with the offbeat characters of Sitting Marsh.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/774106 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder by Lamplight Author: Patrice Mcdonough Narrator: Harriet Dunlop Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 25, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: November 1866: The grisly murder site in London's East End is thronged with onlookers. None of them expect the calmly efficient young woman among them to be a medical doctor, arrived to examine the corpse. Inspector Richard Tennant, overseeing the investigation, at first makes no effort to disguise his skepticism. But Dr. Julia Lewis is accustomed to such condescension . . . To study medicine, Julia had to leave Britain, where universities still bar their doors to women, and travel to America. She returned home to work in her grandfather's practice—and to find London in the grip of a devastating cholera epidemic. In four years, however, she has seen nothing quite like this—a local clergyman's body sexually mutilated and displayed in a manner that she—and Tennant—both suspect is personal. Days later, another body is found with links to the first, and Tennant calls in Dr. Lewis again. The murderer begins sending the police taunting letters and tantalizing clues—though the trail leads in multiple directions, from London's music halls to its grim workhouses and dank sewers. Lewis and Tennant struggle to understand the killer's dark obsessions and motivations. But there is new urgency, for the doctor's role appears to have shifted from expert to target. And this killer is no impulsive monster, but a fiendishly calculating opponent, determined to see his plan through to its terrifying conclusion . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Happy Housekeeper's Guide to Theft Series: #3 of Barbara Hollis Murder Mystery Author: Blythe Baker Narrator: Alex Picard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 23, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Barbara Hollis has barely settled into the sleepy little town where her brother is sheriff, when a shocking crime rocks the community. Thanks to a peculiar new friend she has made and an unexpected prize she has won at a plasticware party, Barbara finds herself dragged into a dangerous mystery. Can she uncover the identity of a murderer and track down a jewelry store thief, while navigating a confusing acquaintance with a handsome restaurant owner who is just a little too charming for anyone's good?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/765251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Secrets Remain Series: #7 of Faith McClellan Author: Lyndee Walker Narrator: Cris Dukehart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 16, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: A dangerous new threat forces Texas Ranger Faith McClellan to go rogue with an off-the-books investigation. When a bone-chilling video message from North America's most notorious criminal reaches Faith McClellan, she is gripped with fear for her family's safety. Realizing the urgency to protect her loved ones, she sets out to bring the sinister mastermind to justice. Despite opposition from her superiors and powerful federal officials, Faith silently launches a clandestine investigation. Descending into the depths of the shadowy criminal underworld, Faith's pursuit of the truth not only pushes her to the edge, but also unveils the eerie secrets concealed within the darkness, revealing the true extent of the danger that threatens her and those she cherishes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/771425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Berried Alive Series: #6 of The Manor House Mystery Author: Kate Kingsbury Narrator: Mary Sarah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 9, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The sixth book in the fabulous Manor House Mystery Series by Kate Kingsbury, the bestselling author of the Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries! Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter, and a little bit of romance—that's village life in wartime England . . . Left with only a muddle-headed butler, a bossy cook/housekeeper, and a couple of energetic maids, Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton has enough problems on her hands. Not only is she struggling to upkeep the sprawling Manor House and vast acres she inherited, she must also take care of her numerous tenants, while coping with the inconveniences and sacrifices of wartime England. Fortunately Sitting Marsh is far removed from the bombing going on in London and other cities. That doesn't mean that peace prevails in the tiny village. There's the handsome American major who takes over the Manor House for officers' quarters, and the group of belligerent housewives determined to take on the German invaders, not to mention a murder or two . . . Lovers of Agatha Christie's books will find much to enjoy in this tale of intrigue and laughter in an English village, and Emily Brightwell fans will fall in love with the offbeat characters of Sitting Marsh.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/775495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everyone Knows But You: A Tale of Murder on the Maine Coast Author: Thomas E. Ricks Narrator: Graham Rowat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: June 25, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: After his wife and two children are killed in a car crash, Ryan Tapia starts a new life in Maine. But his first case there is a puzzling oddball—the corpse of a fisherman washes up on federal land, while the man's boat drifts into waters that are part of an Indian reservation. Ryan quickly learns the nuances of Maine life as he delves into two illicit coastal trades: hard drugs and rare fish. Many of the locals are happy to see that particular fisherman dead. What's more, they are not shy about noting that Ryan must have screwed up pretty badly to be posted to such a remote location as Bangor, Maine. Undaunted, Ryan works to understand the unforgiving way of life on Liberty Island, where people live by an older, harsher code. Adrift on a sailboat one day, he encounters a man from the Malpense tribe, living as a hermit on a remote island, who witnessed something that fateful day. In his riveting crime debut, New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks turns his literary talents to land he knows deeply, from working in the Maine woods and trapping lobsters year-round. Everyone Knows But You is a rich and dynamic crime novel that brings a unique part of America to vivid, thrilling life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/769332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder: Countess of Harleigh, Book 7 Series: #7 of Countess of Harleigh Mysteries Author: Dianne Freeman Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: June 25, 2024 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Former Countess of Harleigh, Frances Hazelton, is among a throng of pleasure seekers and art lovers in the City of Lights. But what catches her eye most is the art of murder . . . 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.