The Bones of Paris (Stuyvesant & Grey, #2)

by Laurie R King

[Lianne]

The Bones of Paris is my first novel by Laurie R. King and it pretty much grabbed me from the first page. The author does a wonderful job in bringing out the darker, more elusive side of Paris to life. At the same time, the story gives a glimpse of what everyday life is like in the 1920s with the way that Harris goes about his investigation, looking into Pip’s life prior to her disappearance.

The case itself was interesting; it’s perhaps one of those cases where, if the main character had just walked away when things got really weird, you wouldn’t have blamed him for it. Elements from Harris’ past also spring up over the course of the novel but you don’t have to have read the first novel in the Harris Stuyvesant series to know what his backstory is all about as the narrative brings you up to speed quite nicely.

There’s perhaps one small aspect of the novel that’s a little out there regarding one of the characters (though rather in keeping with the atmosphere of the story given its perchance for the darker aspects of human nature) but otherwise The Bones of Paris is a very riveting read. I highly recommend it to readers of mystery novels, historical fiction and stories set in Paris.

You can read this review in its entirety over at caffeinatedlife.net: http://www.caffeinatedlife.net/blog/2013/09/03/review-the-bones-of-paris-giveaway/