Toledo Lucas County Public Library welcome s Laura Lippman to Toledo!
\nABOUT THE BOOK:
\nHighly acclaimed New York Times bestseller Lau ra Lippman returns with an irresistible mystery featuring Muriel Blossom\, a former private investigator and middle-aged widow whose vacation on a P arisian River cruise turns into a deadly international mystery&hellip\;tha t only she can solve.
\nMrs. Blossom is not the kind of woman to pla y the lottery. She is practical\, a devoted grandmother\, and has a knack for blending into the background\, which was an asset during her days assi sting private investigator Tess Monaghan. But when Mrs. Blossom finds a wi nning ticket in a parking lot\, everything changes...including Mrs. Blosso m. She is determined to see the world that sometimes feels as if it&rsquo\ ;s passing her by.
\nBut when Mrs. Blossom booked her cruise through France on the MS Solitaire\, she did not expect to meet Allan on her tran satlantic flight. He is the first man who&rsquo\;s sparked something insid e her since her beloved husband passed.
\nShe also didn&rsquo\;t exp ect Allan to be found dead twenty-four hours later in Paris\, a city he wa sn&rsquo\;t supposed to be in.
\nNow\, Mrs. Blossom doesn&rsquo\;t k now who to trust on board the ship\, especially when a new\, mystifying ma n\, Danny\, keeps popping up around every corner\, always present when thi ngs go awry. He claims that Allan was involved in the transport of a stole n\, precious piece of art\, and he&rsquo\;s convinced that Mrs. Blossom kn ows more than she lets on regarding both the artifact and Allan&rsquo\;s m urder.
\nMrs. Blossom&rsquo\;s questions only increase as the cruise sails down the Seine. Why does it feel like she is being followed? Who wa s Allan\, and why was he killed? Most alarmingly\, why do these mysterious men keep flirting with her?
\nWhat follows is a charming one-of-a-k ind mystery from one of Time magazine&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;essential crime wri ters of the last 100 years.&rdquo\; The perfect combination of cozy and th rilling\, this novel and the delightful Mrs. Blossom are sure to be unforg ettable.
\nABOUT THE AUTHOR:
\nSince Laura Li ppman&rsquo\;s debut\, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in m ystery fiction and named one of the &ldquo\;essential&rdquo\; crime writer s of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her &ldquo\;special\, even ex traordinary\,&rdquo\; and Gillian Flynn wrote\, &ldquo\;She is simply a br illiant novelist.&rdquo\; Her books have won most of the major awards in h er field and have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
\nEver since she first came on the scene\, it&rsquo\;s been apparent t hat Laura Lippman is one of THE names in mystery fiction. Her books have w on pretty much every award in her field and have been translated into over 25 languages.
\nLippman&rsquo\;s writing is characterized by its nu anced and complex characters\, richly detailed settings\, and exploration of themes that some authors wouldn&rsquo\;t dare touch. Her stories are kn own for their incredible plots and inventive mysteries. She&rsquo\;s just one of those authors who can create suspense at the drop of a hat. No wond er she&rsquo\;s been described as one of the "essential" crime writers of the last 100 years.
\nShe lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with he r teenager.
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ABOUT THE PRESENTATION:
The moderated conversation will last about forty-five minutes and be foll owed by a brief question and answer.
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