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July 14, 2019
Paris in July
I'm off to a late start with Paris in July this year, but perhaps I can just pretend that I planned to start on Bastille Day all along. :) And I did spend about 45 minutes in France during my trip to Switzerland (a trip to the Sunday morning market in Divonne, just over the border), so that should also count, n'est-ce pas?
I haven't had a chance to plan my reading, but before I left, I did find my first book at the library, and it was waiting for me when I got home ...
This is the second book in a series about a group of misfit French police officers -- a 'team of oddballs and no-hopers' (one of them insists that he is one of the Three Musketeers) -- who have been assigned to a cold case squad. No one expects them to solve any crimes (though they are very good at it) so Commissaire Anne Capestan is surprised when they are called in to investigate the murder of her ex-father-in-law, a senior police officer.
I had enjoyed the first book in the series (The Awkward Squad) very much, so I was happy to find this one, and it was perfect reading for my still slightly jet-lag-fuddled brain. And one of the murders takes place in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, a town in Provence that I've visited, so that was fun too.
I have Antoine Laurain's new book, Vintage 1954, to read next ... it may be my year for quirky, amusing books for Paris in July. :)
Stick Together, by Sophie Henaff
Maclehose Press, 2019 (originally published in French in 2017)
Borrowed from the library
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2 comments:
Actually going to France means you win Paris in July! Vintage 1954 sounds delightful... I remember enjoying The Red Notebook (on your recommendation) for Paris in July a few years ago. Welcome home!
Quirky books about Paris ... nice theme for Paris in July! I've enjoyed others by Laurain.
best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
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