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The Bookseller

The First Hugo Marston Novel

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The Bookseller

By: Mark Pryor
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Max - an elderly Paris bookstall owner - is abducted at gunpoint. His friend Hugo Marston, head of security at the U.S. embassy, looks on helplessly, powerless to do anything to stop the kidnapper. Marston launches a search, enlisting the help of semiretired CIA agent Tom Green. Their investigation reveals that Max was a Holocaust survivor and later became a Nazi hunter. Is his disappearance somehow tied to his grim history, or even to the mysterious old books he sold?

On the streets of Paris, tensions are rising as rival drug gangs engage in violent turf wars. Before long, other booksellers start to disappear, their bodies found floating in the Seine. Though the police are not interested in his opinion, Marston is convinced the hostilities have something to do with the murders of these bouquinistes.Then he himself becomes a target of the unknown assassins.

With Tom by his side, Marston finally puts the pieces of the puzzle together, connecting the past with the present and leading the two men, quite literally, to the enemy's lair. Just as the killer intended.

©2012 Mark Pryor (P)2013 Tantor
International Mystery & Crime Mystery Private Investigators Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Detective Disappearance Crime
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A bit of a different murder mystery, slow to start but soon warms up!
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Takes a bit to get into but once in, it’s worthwhile. Well worth taking the time to listen.

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