{"product_id":"9780879517014","title":"Murder in Montparnasse: A Mystery of Literary Paris","description":" It's autumn 1925, and a killer uncannily like England's Jack the Ripper is stalking the city streets of Paris and preying on young women. Michael Ward is a journalist newly arrived to the Left Bank. When he falls in with Jason Waddington, an expatriate American writer who introduces him to the cafe scene and his crowd of writers and artists, Ward soon discovers that Jack de Paris is not the only trouble afoot in the City of Light. Rumor has it that Waddington has written a damaging roman a clef about his friends, and tempers are rising even as fear of the killer grips the city. When the body of Laure Duclos is found, it seems their circle has finally been touched by Jack. But Ward has his doubts and begins to wonder whether Laure was truly Jack de Paris's latest victim, or if someone else was using the serial killer as a convenient cover to protect themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a feat of literature reminiscent of Caleb Carr's \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e, Howard Engel blends intriguing historical fact with nail-biting fiction to produce a thriller of the highest order. \u003ci\u003eMurder in Montparnasse\u003c\/i\u003e will delight both new readers of Engel and his long-time fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The mystery part of \u003ci\u003eMurder in Montparnasse\u003c\/i\u003e is set up with wit, panache, and many tasty harengs rouge, but even without it the artistic, gustatory, alcoholic, and sexual pleasures of 1920s Paris chronicled so fully would be more than enough to make the book worth the carfare.\"—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMurder in Montparnasse\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a Lost Generation novel.... you'll be hooked.\"—\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e  ","brand":"Overlook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012507222256,"sku":"9780879517014","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780879517014_p0.gif?v=1763851492","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780879517014","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}