She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Agent: Stefanie Lieberman, Janklow & Nesbit Assoc. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide Jess needs a fresh start. Bowen's fans will embrace her foray into historical fiction. The stories unearthed in the apartment pique from the first page in this magnetic novel full of tragedy and rich characters. Flashbacks highlight how Estelle used her position as a Paris socialite to gain information from the Germans to help the Allies. Eventually, Gabriel and Lia discover how Estelle worked tirelessly to aid those persecuted by the Nazis. Lia hires art appraiser Gabriel Seymour to help assess the value of the art after discovering his connection to William Seymour, the artist whose painting Estelle left for Lia in a safety deposit box. The apartment appears to have been locked and abandoned since the war and is filled with paintings and a postcard to her grandmother from Hermann G%C3%B6ring, leading Lia to believe Estelle may have been a Nazi collaborator. As domestic and global box offices slump, China slowly and suspiciously opening itself up to Western influences becomes the new frontier: a great lake of virgin moviegoing imagination, a vast. Lia Leclaire learns she has inherited a Paris apartment from her grandmother Estelle Allard in 2017 after Estelle's death. Bowen (the Lords of Worth series) draws on the lives of Nancy Wake and Josephine Baker and the 2018 discovery of a Paris apartment untouched since WWII in this rich historical tale.
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