Lost in Paris

The author of the Lena Jones mysteries begins a historical mystery series featuring members of the Lost Generation in post-World War I Paris. In December, 1922, Hadley Hemingway left a valise filled with Ernest’s manuscripts on a train, and someone stole it. Although Alabama-born artist Zoe Barlow dislikes Ernest, Hadley is a friend, so Zoe attempts to find the case. She asks enough questions at the train station to track the thief to a village, and hires an Armenian driver to take her there. Although she finds the shack with two Russians in it, they’ve been shot dead, and some of Hemingway’s pages are burning in the fireplace. After being questioned by Inspector Henri Challiot, Zoe becomes even more popular with her inquisitive friends in the artist community. Now, she’s determined to find the rest of the author’s papers, but also wants to find a killer. When several of Zoe’s friends are killed, and she finds the bodies, Challiot warns her that she’s become a target.