I picked this up because I really like Cezanne's paintings. It was a good, solid mystery--police procedural meets historical mystery. A young woman is brutally murdered in a stone quarry. An Englishman, follower of Darwin, and Paul Cezanne, the painter, are suspects. At first, the young judge...
No meal was served. Everyone was on her own. Well, Madeleine Froment thought she as stood inside the school entrance staring out the window, in truth only she was on her own. The students had their families to go to, and so did the other teachers. Indecision swirled in her mind as turbulently as ...
Overhead, a canopy of tender green leaves gently sways with her every move. Glimmers of sun wink through the branches and spin her hair into gold. She wears a gauzy white dress that flutters down to her pink satin shoes. Students in straw hats and elegant women streaming out of the Bon Marché sto...
She finally got Paul Jr. to bed by telling him that his father and Zola had decided to spend more time together, exploring old haunts. She knew this could not be true. Émile had made it quite clear that he had important affairs to see to. Besides, whether Paul or Émile were aware of it yet, it wa...