The Paris mystery / Kirsty Manning.

By: Manning, Kirsty [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Manning, Kirsty. Charlie James ; 1.Publisher: Crows Nest : Allen & Unwin, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 304 pages ;24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760879907; 1760879908Subject(s): James, Charlotte, (Charlie) -- Fiction | James, Charlie, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Journalists | Murder -- Investigation | Parties | Australian fiction | Nineteen thirties -- France -- Paris -- Fiction | Australians -- France -- Paris -- Fiction | Nineteen thirties -- Fiction | Australian fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Parties -- Fiction | Women journalists -- Fiction | France -- Paris | Paris (France) -- Fiction | AUS historical fiction (Australia,New South Wales)Genre/Form: Australian fiction | Detective and mystery fiction | Fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction | Fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction | Australian fiction | Adult fiction | Detective and mystery fiction.DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Paris, 1938. The last sigh of summer before the war. As Australian journalist Charlotte 'Charlie' James alights at the Gare du Nord, ready to start her role as correspondent for The Times, Paris is in turmoil as talk of war becomes increasingly strident. Charlie is chasing her first big scoop, needing to prove to her boss that she can do this job as well as, if not better than, her male counterparts. And the best way to forge the necessary contacts quickly is to make the well-connected expats, Lord and Lady Ashworth, her business. Lady Eleanor knows everyone who counts and at her annual sumptuously extravagant party, Charlie will meet them all. On the summer solstice eve, the party is in full swing with the cream of Parisian society entranced by burlesque dancers, tightrope walkers, a jazz band and fireworks lighting the night skies. But as Charlie is drawn into the magical world of parties, couture houses and bohemian wine bars, secrets start to unravel, including her own. Putting a foot wrong could spell death. In this magnificent new beginning to the joyful Charlie James series, Manning beguiles with glamour and mystery set in pre-war Paris.
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Paris, 1938. The last sigh of summer before the war. As Australian journalist Charlotte 'Charlie' James alights at the Gare du Nord, ready to start her role as correspondent for The Times, Paris is in turmoil as talk of war becomes increasingly strident. Charlie is chasing her first big scoop, needing to prove to her boss that she can do this job as well as, if not better than, her male counterparts. And the best way to forge the necessary contacts quickly is to make the well-connected expats, Lord and Lady Ashworth, her business. Lady Eleanor knows everyone who counts and at her annual sumptuously extravagant party, Charlie will meet them all. On the summer solstice eve, the party is in full swing with the cream of Parisian society entranced by burlesque dancers, tightrope walkers, a jazz band and fireworks lighting the night skies. But as Charlie is drawn into the magical world of parties, couture houses and bohemian wine bars, secrets start to unravel, including her own. Putting a foot wrong could spell death. In this magnificent new beginning to the joyful Charlie James series, Manning beguiles with glamour and mystery set in pre-war Paris.

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