The Prisoner of the Riviera
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Word Count
57,250 words, Guess
Page Count
229 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveprisonerofrivier0000lawj
- ISBN-101480436003
- ISBN-139781480436008
- Library of Congress Control Number2015296934
- OCLC Control Number844728909
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781480436008
- Open LibraryOL27158362M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPS3562.A86 P75 2013
- LCCPS3562.A86P75 2013
Description
Peace has come to England and the blackout is over, but the gloom has yet to lift from London. One night, leaving a gambling club where he has run up a considerable tab, the young painter Francis Bacon, accompanied by his lover, sees a man gunned down in the street. They do what they can to stanch the flow of blood, but the Frenchman dies in the hospital. Soon afterward, Bacon receives a strange offer from the club owner: He will erase Bacon's debts if the painter delivers a package to the dead man's widow, Madame Renard, on the Riviera. What gambler could resist a trip to Monte Carlo? After handing over the parcel, Bacon learns that Madame Renard is dead -- and the striking young woman who accepted the delivery is an imposter. The Riviera may be lovely, but in 1945, its sun-drenched beaches can be just as dark as the back alleys of London.
Description
"Peace has come to England and the blackout is over, but the gloom has yet to lift from London. One night, leaving a gambling club where he has run up a considerable tab, the young painter Francis Bacon, accompanied by his lover, sees a man gunned down in the street. They do what they can to stanch the flow of blood, but the Frenchman dies in the hospital. Soon afterward, Bacon receives a strange offer from the club owner: He will erase Bacon's debts if the painter delivers a package to the dead man's widow, Madame Renard, on the Riviera. What gambler could resist a trip to Monte Carlo? After handing over the parcel, Bacon learns that Madame Renard is dead -- and the striking young woman who accepted the delivery is an imposter. The Riviera may be lovely, but in 1945, its sun-drenched beaches can be just as dark as the back alleys of London"--Page 4 of cover.
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Series Statement
- A Francis Bacon mystery
Other Editions
- The Prisoner of the Riviera
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