Victor Legris Mysteries Murder on the Eiffel Tower: A Victor Legris Mystery, Book 1, (Paperback)

from kellyslist

This book started out well with enjoyable descriptions of the World Exposition that unveils the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It turns out that those descriptive passages are the best part of the novel. The mystery never really made sense to me and I found it hard to like the bookseller turned detective...

from TheFlamingoReads

The Eiffel Tower has just opened and thousands of Parisians and other tourists are crowding the upper level to get a glimpse of Paris and sign "The Golden Book" to become a part of history. One visitor is Eugenie Patinot and her niece and two nephews. Eugenie is hot, tired, and agitated, but she ...

from eawsmom

Set in Paris during the 1889 World Exposition, this book tries hard to be a fascinating mystery. At times, it even succeeds. Overall, though, I found it less than compelling, and I finished it primarily because I felt duty bound to review it after receiving it as an Early Reviewer book. At times ...

from davidt8

One measure of a murder mystery is whether the reader can guess who the murderer is before the author reveals the truth and explains the facts. By that measure, this mystery worked for me. Misdirection fooled me, but apparently it didn't fool other reviewers. Some of the pleasure of historical mu...

from thornton37814

The setting is the 1889 World Exposition in Paris. A series of deaths occurs in which the victims appear to have been stung by a bee. Did they really have that many killer bees or was it murder? Bookseller Victor Legris sets out to investigate. Legris is not a very likeable sleuth. He doesn't alw...