Juliet Blackwell
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"An emotionally evocative novel of an American woman in Paris set on navigating her family's secret past and unlocking her own future"-- Provided by publisher.
As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle's side. Now living back in the States, she has been an observer of life rather than an active participant, holding herself back from those around her, including...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While caring for her ailing grandmother, Claire unearths a beautiful sculpture that her great-grandfather sent home from Paris after World War II. Claire travels to Paris and discovers a cache of letters that offer insight into the woman in the sculpture and her tragic fate, and begins to discover secrets of her own"-- Provided by publisher.
After surviving the accident that took her mother's life, Claire Broussard has worked hard to escape her...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Capucine Benoit works alongside her father to produce fans of rare feathers, beads, and intricate pleating for the haute couture fashion houses. But after the Germans invade Paris in June 1940, Capucine and her father must focus on mere survival - until they are betrayed to the secret police and arrested for his political beliefs. When Capucine saves herself from deportation to Auschwitz by highlighting her connections to Parisian design houses,...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"On a freelance assignment documenting the antique carousels of Paris, American photographer Cady Drake longs to restore the dilapidated carousel at Château Clement. Digging deeper into the past unearthing century-old photographs of the carousel and its creators, she might be the one person who can bring the past to light and reunite a family torn apart"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Mel Turner can't resist the chance to bring the Crockett Theatre, a decrepit San Francisco Art Deco movie palace, back to life. But there's a catch for Turner Construction: Several artists are currently squatting in the building, and they aren't the only ones haunting the once-grand halls of the historic theater. When Mel discovers that the former owner of the Crockett Theatre died under mysterious circumstances, and that there just might be a connection...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
San Francisco contractor Mel Turner is leading a volunteer home renovation project, and while she expects lots of questions from her inexperienced crew, she can't help asking a few of her own--especially about the haunted house next door, the place local kids call the Murder House. But when volunteers discover a body while cleaning out a shed, questions pile up faster than discarded lumber. Mel notices signs of ghostly activity next door and she wonders:...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Deep within the labyrinth of caves that lie below the lush, rolling vineyards of the Champagne region, an underground city of women and children hums with life. Forced to take shelter from the unrelenting onslaught of German shellfire above, the bravest among them venture out to pluck sweet grapes for the harvest. But wine is not the only secret preserved in the cool, dark cellars ... In present day, Rosalyn travels to Champagne to select vintages...