Murder in Montmartre - Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Murder in Montmartre

By Susan Kiernan-Lewis

  • Release Date: 2024-01-27
  • Genre: Women Sleuths
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 171 Ratings

Description

Reunions are great. Especially if everyone makes it home alive. After twenty years living in France, Maggie’s proud of her language skills and her ability to adapt to a foreign culture, so when four women from her Atlanta high school invite her to get together for a mini reunion in Paris, Maggie can’t wait to show them how she’s changed. Unfortunately, after two awkward days and a miserable Seine River tour Maggie realizes what she should have remembered—three of the four girls were never really nice to her in high school—and the fourth one didn’t know she existed. Everything changes dramatically however, when, on the morning that Maggie decides to leave early, one of her friends is found brutally murdered in her hotel room. The police suspect the killer is one of the four surviving friends with Maggie’s name topping the list. Determined to prove her innocence, Maggie plunged into the secret pockets and hidden quarters of Montmartre and the nontouristy parts around the Sacre Coeur to find out the truth. In the process she discovers that each of her friends had reasons for wanting Christy dead. As suspicions deepen and tensions rise, what started as a fun reunion in the City of Light, becomes an intense game of life-and-death as Maggie races to unmask the killer and the decades-old secret that drives her—before she kills again. Murder in Montmartre is a riveting international whodunit about the snarled perceptions of old friendships, and the treasures - and tragedies - that can arise when a terrible past that won’t die collides with the lies of the present.

Reviews

  • One of the best

    5
    By lovemynewhome
    This is one of the best Maggie Dernier books I have read. Maggie has aged well but she still has a knack for getting embroiled in messy situations. These books are like a little family reunion with children who grew up a little with each book and a husband and wife who matured with you.
  • A good mysterious romp through Paree

    5
    By Optntdr13
    It was an easy read where the characters came to life. It took time for the reader to solve the mystery! This book is a nice read! Thanks.
  • Awful-contains spoilers

    1
    By Amigo73
    I finished it, but I want my time back. From the get-go the plot was based on a laughable premise: a woman goes to meet up with a group of women from her high school days, but she’d forgotten that they were all “mean girls”, who treated her shabbily in high school. Really, the reader is supposed to believe that? Then there were all the inconsistencies in the time line, there were references to events that happened either 40-years-ago, or it was 33-years-ago, or sometimes it was 28-years-ago. The author needs to make up her mind and stick with one if she wants to make a convincing story. Then, if a 17-year-old unwed mother gave her newborn up for adoption, why do you expect the reader to believe that another 17-year-old classmate adopted the baby? The inconsistencies with police procedures was also laughable. No mention of how hotels keycards track door openings and closing and that there are cameras in hotel hallways, even if it is a rodent infested hotel in Paris. All that was overlooked, along with how the aerosol drug and poison were procured. Gaping holes like that make this novel awful. It is like the author doesn’t care about her readers, or thinks we are stupid. I guess I was for wasting a rainy afternoon reading this trite book. I’ll not make the mistake of reading a book by this author again. I encourage all who read reviews to pass on this offering. Save yourself the frustration and regret.
  • Interesting

    5
    By Jenniecat 1
    It makes you think about the reason why the victim was killed.