This account of the development of the twelve Master Detectives followed by a brutal series of murders in the run-up to the inauguration of Paris's World Fair, you know, the one that unveiled the Eiffel Tower, is ponderous and pondering. The Paris Enigma describes a secret club comprising the top...
An intriguing mystery, with one of the most intelligently crafted plots I've read in a long time. Mostly set in Paris in 1889. At first the narrator is much like an interesting stranger who sits in front of the fireplace with us, telling us his story. The reader enters a unique, sometimes dark w...
I would give this book 4 stars for it's beautiful phrasing but only three for it's content.The mystery is slow in coming and not very mysterious.The conclusion is underwhelming.And the large number of enigmatic characters takes away from the story.So many of them are irrelevant to the tale.Much i...
