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Super entertaining and satisfying entry in this series! It’s a welcome change of pace that brings them to Paris for the exhibition. Definitely recommend for fans of this series or for fans if cozy historicals.

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I really love this series. But George and Francis really seem to have gotten themselves in over their heads in this book. George's aunt asks him to come to France because she believes her friend was murdered. When they see her she seems to have changed her story and maybe fearful of what she knows. As the world fair is going on in Paris at this time it seems that their job has just been made more difficult. When the aunt herself is murdered George will stop at nothing to find the culprit. This book is said in an interesting time. When things seem to be changing quickly. With a wonderful mystery and characters you can't help but love this is a must read book.

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As a school librarian, I find that I make recommendations to adults almost as often as I do to students! This is one I can wholeheartedly recommend! This title is an outstanding addition to the series. A great balance of mystery, history, with strong characters that are endearing. Definitely a page-turner and leaves you excited for the next book in the series!

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An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (A Countess of Harleigh Mystery) is the seventh in the Countess of Harleigh cozy mystery series, set in London in 1900. In this story, the reader finds newly-wed Frances, the Countess of Harleigh, persuading her new husband, George, to go to Paris on a belated honeymoon. Coincidentally, George has gotten a letter from an aunt in Paris asking him to look into the death of her long-ago artist lover. Adding to the spectacle of this novel is the wonderful role the Exposition Universelle (the 1900 World's Fair held in Paris) plays here with the Eiffel Tower and the rue d'Avenir (the first moving sidewalk), to name a few attractions.

The book is cleverly plotted with the usual broad array of potential suspects and intriguing relationships. As in the rest of the series, the delightfully witty relationship between Frances and George, the insight into Victorian conventions and social mores, not to mention the intrigue and mystery, enliven the series.  This seventh in the series is an enjoyable romantic mystery with a touch of humor and a hint of the attraction between George and Frances. I've enjoyed the series immensely and eagerly await each new "episode" in the life of George and Frances.

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Thoroughly enjoyed reading An Art Lovers Guide to Paris and Murder. Freeman has a unique ability to weave mystery, romance, history and the strictly prescribed societal rules of the time into an entertaining and compelling narrative.

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