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The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris

Mark Pryor

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English
Kensington Publishing
31 March 2026
Hugo Marston, former head of security at the U.S. embassy in Paris, has retired and is ready to realize his lifelong dream of owning a mystery and antiquarian bookshop. But when a blackmail scheme targeting a chocolatier leads to murder, Hugo is again called to investigate in the first Paris Bookshop Mystery for readers of Charles Finch, Tasha Alexander, and Lev AC Rosen.

Hugo has led an exciting life as an FBI profiler and the US embassy’s head of security, but now he’s ready to embrace a quieter existence as a bookseller in the Marais district of Paris. His former employer, however, has other plans for him. A prominent American citizen is the COO of a boutique chocolate emporium in Paris, where they’ve received a mysterious and threatening note. A blackmailer who goes by the name The Shadow wants half a million euros or else their “darkest secret will be revealed.”

Eclat de Chocolat is housed in a chateau dating back to the 1700s. The building, which served as a convent in the first half of the twentieth century, where the angelic Sister Evangeline and her order of nuns helped countless orphans during World War II, has been beautifully converted into a chocolate factory. So what dark secrets could a chocolatier be hiding? The COO has no idea.

Involving his friend, Lieutenant Camille Lerens, Hugo begins to investigate. But soon a second note appears on the premises, canceling the blackmail threat. The same day, the body of an employee is found in an old graveyard behind the chocolatier. Now Hugo and Lerens have a murder on their hands, but is it connected to the blackmail attempt? As they dig for secrets and motives, it becomes clear The Shadow’s grave work has just begun . . .
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Imprint:   Kensington Publishing
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 159mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   420g
ISBN:   9781496756381
ISBN 10:   149675638X
Series:   Paris Bookshop Mysteries
Pages:   272
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mark Pryor is the author of the Henry Lefort and Hugo Marston Mystery Series. Originally from Hertfordshire, England, Mark now lives with his wife in Austin, TX. In addition to his writing, he worked for the Travis County District Attorney’s Office and is currently a partner at a criminal defense firm in Texas. You can visit him online at MarkPryorBooks.com.

Reviews for The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris

Praise for Mark Pryor’s Previous Mysteries “The Hugo Marston series now belongs on every espionage fan’s watch list.” —Booklist “Stylish, suspenseful, and smart, Mark Pryor’s The Bookseller conveys the reader expertly through a puzzle of missing Nazi hunters and drug deals. Fans of Alan Furst will find much to love. As strong and welcome as a hot coffee on a chilly Paris morning. Bibliophiles, Francophiles, and mystery addicts rejoice!” —Steven Sidor, author of Pitch Dark “Once you’ve had a bit, you can’t wait for more.” —OPRAH.com “Devilishly clever . . . As the mishaps escalate for the conspirators, so does the suspense, culminating in a denouement worthy of the neo-noir film classic The Usual Suspects.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “Pryor’s steady and engrossing debut combines Sherlockian puzzle solving with Eric Ambler-like spy intrigue. . . . The author winningly blends contemporary crime with historical topics.” —Library Journal, Starred Review and Debut of the Month “It had everything I enjoy and more. Paris, books, intrigue, thrills, Paris, twisted villains, passionate romance (it IS Paris after all), sinfully delicious foods, fascinating people, a hard driving storyline.” —MysteryNet.com “A real page-turner. This is what thriller writers always aim to produce and so often fail to get right. . . . You can’t ask for better than this.” —San Francisco Book Review “Pryor’s skillful narrative crystallizes in the best possible way, in the novel’s last sentence. Pryor . . . can write realistically about the mind of a psychopath. Maybe that is useful for an assistant district attorney. It certainly is for a murder mystery writer.” —San Antonio Express-News “Well-crafted. . . . Mark Pryor creates a new hero full of intelligence and charm which mixes well with the ever twisting plot of the story. . . . A leaf out of a classic Agatha Christie novel, mixed with the modern world of crime.” ―Portland Book Review


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