For Lady Eleanor Swift, Paris means champagne at breakfast, romantic walks by the Eiffel Tower… and her deadliest case yet!
Newlyweds Lady Swift and Detective Hugh Seldon are honeymooning in the most romantic city on earth. Clifford, her butler,has come along for the trip to make sure everything goes to plan for the happy couple. And Gladstone, the mischievous bulldog, to make sure it doesn’t!
But the pair are shocked when, just as they are toasting their new marriage at the best table in their hotel’s opulent restaurant, a man tumbles through the glass roof and lands amid the silverware and coq au vin. Before he dies, he presses a striking pearl brooch into Eleanor’s hands. She has the strangest feeling of déjà vu. Has she met this man before? All too quickly, the local police arrive and immediately accuse the new Mr and Mrs of working with the victim – a thief who’d just robbed the museum down the block.
With her new husband by her side, Eleanor races to clear their name and discover who would kill to get their hands on the unusual brooch. Following a clue about a doomed love affair takes the gang from the famous cabarets and cobbled streets of Paris to rubbing shoulders with the aristocracy at the very top of the Eiffel Tower.
But soon Eleanor notices a mysterious man in black following their every footstep. Is he friend or foe? And can Eleanor and Hugh unravel the case before the City of Light becomes the city of death?
An utterly charming and unputdownable golden age cozy mystery set in Paris. Fans of T.E. Kinsey, Catherine Coles and Lee Strauss will adore it.
About the Author
Verity Bright is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing partnership that has spanned a quarter of a century. Starting out writing high-end travel articles and books, they published everything from self-improvement to humour, before embarking on their first historical mystery. They are the authors of the fabulous Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series, set in the 1920s.
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Review
Lady Eleanor Swift has finally married her love, Hugh Seldon, and they’re off to Paris for their honeymoon. What should be a joyful time of their lives is marred when a man falls through the skylight and lands on their dinner table and shortly after dies. And so begins another adventure for the intrepid Lady Swift, which takes Eleanor, Hugh, and butler Clifford on a tour of the sights of Paris and surrounding areas. It’s always fascinating to see the detail included in Verity Bright novels, and always find myself learning new facts.
While this mystery has a more limited cast – only Clifford joins Ellie and Hugh on their honeymoon (well, of course Gladstone the bulldog tags along too) – the scope of the story is expansive. The clue to the crime may lie in the past – not only of the victim, but of Ellie too.
Well written as always, Death at a Paris Hotel is a roller coaster ride. I genuinely had no idea where the story was going and had to keep reading to find out!
What should have been a fun trip is overshadowed by events in the novel, and what should have been a happy publication cycle has been overshadowed by real life. Shortly before publication, it was announced that one of the co-writers of the series, Laura Tong, passed away. She co-created such a wonderful series that I’m fully invested in, and my deepest condolences go out to her husband, family, friends, and colleagues. May Ellie and Hugh and Clifford and company raise a glass in her memory.
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