The Paris librarian
By: Mark Pryor
Series: A Hugo Marston novel
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781633881778
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; Motion picture actors and actresses; Americans; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Fiction
Description: "Hugo Marston's friend Paul Rogers dies unexpectedly in a locked room at the American Library in Paris. The police conclude that Rogers died of natural causes, but Hugo is certain mischief is afoot. As he pokes around the library, Hugo discovers that rumors are swirling around some recently donated letters from American actress Isabelle Severin. The reason: they indicate that the actress had aided the resistance in frequent trips to France towards the end of World War II. Even more dramatic is the legend that the Severin Collection also contains a dagger, one she used to kill an SS officer in 1944. Hugo delves deeper into the stacks at the American library and finally realizes that the history of this case isn't what anyone suspected. But to prove he's right, Hugo must return to the scene of a decades-old crime"--

"Hugo Marston investigates the death of a friend at the American Library in Paris and discovers a mystery dating back to World War II"--