While Victor Legris is visiting the amazing new Eiffel
Tower in 1889, a woman instantly dies from a bee sting.
There is much speculation as to whether or not a bee sting
is really responsible for her death. This is only the
beginning of a series of mysterious deaths. Victor is
present for each of the other episodes where sudden death
is again blamed on a bee sting.
Victor, believing there's a more sinister purpose going on,
begins his own investigation into all the similar cases. As
his involvement with a free-spirited red-headed artist,
Tasha Kherson, begins to escalate, Victor finds he even
suspects her. Victor's friend and co-owner of their
bookstore, Kenji Mori, also has suspicion cast on him.
Kenji is an Asian gentleman who raised Victor after the
death of Victor's parents. With much research and
investigation, Victor is convinced that Tasha is the next
victim, and the culprit is finally uncovered with the
attempted murder.
MURDER ON THE EIFFEL TOWER contains many French phrases and
names, which I believe might be a little hard to read for
some. This 19th-century mystery thriller will take you
through the entire investigation and lead you in multiple
directions. And the culmination is not what you will
expect. For those who enjoy a mystery, you will undoubtedly
become absorbed in the path Victor takes in his elimination
of suspects.
The brand-new, shiny Eiffel Tower is the
pride and glory of the 1889 World Exposition. But one
sunny afternoon, as visitors are crowding the viewing
platforms, a woman collapses and dies on this great Paris
landmark. Can a bee sting really be the cause of death? Or
is there a more sinister explanation? Enter young
bookseller Victor Legris. Present on the tower at the time
of the incident, and appalled by the media coverage of the
occurence, he is determined to ?nd out what actually
happened. In this dazzling evocation of late nineteenth-
century Paris, we follow Victor as his investigation takes
him all over the city and he suspects an ever-changing
list of possible perpetrators. Could mysterious Kenji
Mori, his surrogate father and business partner at the
bookstore Legris operates, be involved in the crime? Why
are beautiful Russian illustrator Tasha and her colleagues
at the newly launched
sensationalist newspaper Passepartout always up-to-
date in their reporting? And what will Legris do when the
deaths begin to multiply and he is caught in a race
against time?
Murder on the Eiffel Tower is
painstakingly researched, an effortless evocation of the
glorious City of Light, and an exciting opening to a
promising series of eight books featuring Victor
Legris.
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