The Paris Deadline
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1620453800 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Marvellously entertaining period thriller The Paris Deadline is a marvellously entertaining thriller with a great sense of time and place, an enthralling plot and an appealing hero. It's set mainly in Paris of the late 1920s, a world of cut-and-paste newsrooms, elegant soirees and German villains, who will stop at nothing to find the secret messages and riches hidden in a deceased doll-maker's mechanical duck. Eventually good prevails over evil, as our hero, Toby Keats, who suffered unimaginable traumas in the trenches of World War I, defeats the baddies and wins his girl. I like Max Byrd's writing. It's well-researched and he evokes the squally darkness of . I'll look for more by Byrd Omni Ruler I thoroughly enjoyed reading this light mystery for it's attractive protagonists and sense of humor. It captures the tempo of the Jazz Age and the gloomy atmosphere of a Paris winter. I'd agree that the detail gets a tad too thick, but for someone who knows the City of Light, it would be a fun reminder of the place. The book is nicely paced, easy to "fall into" and just plain fun to read. I must say that images of film noir crept into my mind as I read, along with a bit of Amelie!. Engaging story, beautifully told. Didn't want it to end. I don't read suspense novels very often. Having read and enjoyed Byrd's trio of historical novels about American presidents (Jefferson, Jackson, Grant), though, I was ready to trust that this book would be as good. I was just skeptical about my own reaction to a genre that I don't usually read. I shouldn't have been. I enjoyed it on many levels. I loved coming across passages so compelling that I stopped to reread them and reread them yet again before resuming the story. Then I read them aloud to my spouse. Finding that joy in the language of a book is a lovely gift for the reader.This language immerses the reader in
Max Byrd uses the whole deck of cards—character, place, history, humor, and intrigue—to weave his magical story. However, the shop owner soon turns up dead, and Keats is beaten in the street before being approached by a charming and resourceful young blonde named Elsie Short, who—after attempting to misrepresent her interest in the robotic waterfowl—finally admits to be a “roving agent” for the Thomas Edison Doll Company. Since the war’s finish, he’s carved out a less perilous existence for himself in the City of Light, drinking his body weight in coffee, dodging herds of goats in the cobblestone thoroughfares, and observing both the reluctant b
Haunted with his nightmarish past in the War, Toby pursues the truth behind the duck.From the boites of the Left Bank to the dark prehistoric caverns of southern France, The Paris Deadline is a story of love, suspense, and mystery in a world stumbling toward catastrophe.. Highly sought after by an enigmatic American banker, European criminals, and the charming young American Elsie Short, the duck is rumored to hold the key to opening a new frontier in weapons technology for the German army, now beginning to threaten Europe once more. From bestselling historical novelist Max Byrd comes a new novel set against the dramatic backdrop of Paris in the Jazz Age—a fascinating suspense tale interwoven with rich historical detail.Paris, 1926. Newspaper reporter Toby Keats, a veteran of the Great War and the only American in Paris who doesn’t know Hemingway, has lived a quiet lif