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“An action rapide! A mystere sophistique!"
Skulduggery in the Latin Quarter
By David Benjamin
The rarest “lost book” in history has been found — and stolen all over again — in Paris.
Suddenly, its desperate pursuers include the world’s most diabolical literary criminal, Krisko Krillkin.
The man who re-lost the lost masterpiece, bookseller Chester Quinn, is hopelessly overmatched against Krillkin and Eddy’s gang, the St. Julien Rollers.
Luckily, into Quinn’s life floats Circe Evans, granddaughter of Paris’ most resourceful, renowned and complacent detective, Homer Evans.
Circe assembles a motley but fiercely loyal crew determined to rescue the priceless ms. She leads a breakneck dash — strewn with murders, near-murders, lovers, torturers and naked ladies — from Montparnasse to Montmartre.
Hounded by Krillkin, Circe’s crew careens toward a decisive shootout on the steps of Sacre Coeur. After a century of mystery, a shocking surprise flies from the pages of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence of Arabia’s masterpiece — once lost, lost again, and found at last amongst the bums and outcasts of Paris.
AWARDS: NYC Big Book Awards, Distinguished Favorite, Mystery, 2019.
Skulduggery in the Latin Quarter
By David Benjamin
Price: $20
What they're saying
“An action rapide! A mystere sophistique! A cast of quirky but oddly credible characters pursue un livre rare through the haunts of Paris in a chase so perilous and hilarious that Lawrence of Arabia would have joyfully joined in.”
— Ellie Aldridge-Bell, author, Luigi at the Opera