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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312969899
ISBN-139780312969899
eBay Product ID (ePID)999546
Product Key Features
Book TitleMasquerade
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicHistorical, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Mystery & Detective / Traditional
GenreFiction
AuthorWalter Satterthwait
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length6.8 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisParis in the 1920s: Pinkerton agents Phil Beaumont and Jane Turner are investigating the deaths of a wealthy expatriate American publisher and his German mistress. From saloons to salons, catacombs to cafes, the two journey throughout the darkest and highest recesses of Paris society, along the way running into the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and a bevy of eccentric characters. Martin's Press., Walter Satterthwait writes richly detailed historical mysteries about everyone from Oscar Wilde to Lizzie Borden. In the well-reviewed Escapade, he introduced us to Pinkerton detective Phil Beaumont and his partner, a sharp and seductive Brit named Jane Turner. Masquerade brings this fascinating couple to Paris in 1923, where wealthy American dilettante Richard Forsythe and his German mistress have been found dead. The French police are calling it a double suicide, but Forsythe's mother has hired Beaumont and Turner to dig deeper. In between having amorous alliances, spotting the likes of Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and Ernest Hemingway on the street, and eating too many rich meals with a French policeman ("One can lead a horse to tournedos Rossini, but one cannot make him eat," this worthy sighs when Phil finally requests a steak, rare, with no sauces), Beaumont and Turner dip into a world of insidious aristocrats and dangerous drug dealers as they find out what really happened. Other Satterthwait pleasures in paperback: Accustomed to the Dark, At Ease with the Dead, Wall of Glass. --Dick Adler
