Sophia C. reviewed on 2/18/2010 + 289 more book reviews

A woman dies on the Eiffel Tower during the 1889 Paris World Exposition, supposedly of a bee sting. I would have presumed it was an anaphylactic reaction, but not Victor Legris, a young used bookstore owner who follows lead after lead as more bee-sting deaths pile up. Is he attempting to clear the name of Kenji Mori, his surrogate father and bookstore business partner, or that of his new love interest Tasha, illustrator at his friend's new sensationalist newspaper, Le Passepartout? It's sometimes unclear what Victor is doing, even to himself, as he follows whatever trail he picks up through nineteenth century Paris. The novel's great strength is its tour of the City of Lights, meticiously researched by two Parisian used bookselling sisters using Claude Izner as their nom de plume. More of Victor Legris's adventures follow in seven planned sequels.

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