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And now the third in the series, The City of Blood, is $0.99 as a US Kindle Countdown deal for about 6 1/2 more days.

link: https://www.amazon.com/City-Blood-Pa...dp/B00OTYNMX0/

Spoiler:

There's art to die for, and there's art to kill for

Frédérique Molay's Paris Homicide Series is full of "twists, turns, and a roller coaster of a ride." Perfect for lovers of police procedurals.

When a major Parisian modern art event gets unexpected attention on live TV, Chief of Police Nico Sirsky and his team of elite crime fighters rush to La Villette park and museum complex. There, renowned artist Samuel Cassian is inaugurating the first archeological dig of modern art, three decades after burying the leftovers of a banquet. In front of reporters from around the world, excavators uncover a skeleton. Could it be the artist’s own son? And does that death have anything to do with the current string of nightclub murders by the “Paris Butcher”? On the site of the French capital's former slaughterhouses, the investigation takes Nico and France's top criminal investigation division from artists' studios to autopsy theaters and nightclubs in hopes of tracking down the murderer who has turned this Paris park into a city of blood. This police procedural set in France is "brilliant," "vivid," and "riveting."

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Bargain @ 99 cents/pence at Amazon US & UK only until April 6th from Le French Book, which specializes in translations:

Crossing the Line by French author Frédérique Molay (SYKM, Wikipedia FR), 2nd in her Paris Homicide series starring police chief Nico Sirsky. Apparently these are being done via Amazon Countdown, which is only available for US & UK-based customers, which would account for the territorial difficulties they mentioned in the newsletter. But if you have or know someone who's got a US-based account, it can be sent as a gift.

The 1st has previously been offered on sale last week, and the 4th, Looking to the Woods, is also discounted from AmazonCrossing for just $1.99 in Canada & the US (probably for the entire month). Also, the French original of #1, La 7e femme, is just $3.99 USD for Amazon US accounts or $6.99 @ Kobo US (not matched in Canada and indeed, you can't even buy books from the regular francophone publishers in Canada from an Amazon.com account, only .ca).

Days before Christmas in snow-covered Paris, Chief of Police Nico Sirsky returns to work after recovering from a gunshot wound, in love and ready to get back to business. A bizarre case awaits him. Dental students discover a message in the tooth of a severed head. Is it a sick joke? Sirsky and his team of crack homicide detectives follow the clues from an apparent suicide, to an apparent accident, to an all-out murder as an intricate machination starts breaking down. Just how far can despair push a man? How clear is the line between good and evil? For lovers of police procedurals, Molay masters the art of leading readers through the streets, cafés and hidden places in Paris, with "ratcheting suspense" (Cara Black). "The pace is perfect.”