April in Paris, 1921
A Kiki Button Mystery
by Tessa Lunney
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Pub Date Jul 03 2018 | Archive Date Jun 30 2018
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Advance Praise
“Fascinating characters, beautifully written.” - Kate Williams, New York Times bestselling author of 'Becoming Queen Victoria'
“Tessa Lunney brilliantly evokes the Années folles of the Roaring Twenties as her heroine—an Australian debutant-turned-nurse-turned-spy—Kiki Button traipses through Paris’s sensual bohemian culture hunting for a World War I mole and stolen Pablo Picasso painting.” - Julie McElwain, author of 'A Murder in Time' and 'A Twist in Time'
“An irresistible debut! Adventurous and whip-smart, Kiki Button is Jazz Age Paris's most dazzling ex-pat.” - David Krugler, author of 'The Dead Don’t Bleed'
“Liberated from her wartime duties as a nurse, Kiki Button, Tessa Lunney’s main character of her debut April in Paris, 1921, is a gossip columnist-cum-detective who finds herself mixed up in a mystery set against the backdrop of post-WWI Paris. Lunney takes the reader on a breathless, page-turning journey through cafes, streets, and dark alleys of this Bohemian time period, searching for a stolen piece of art. Kiki, who is charming, self-possessed, and sexually free, is readable and fun, a modern woman blazing though the Années folles no holds barred.” - John Copenhaver, author of 'Dodging and Burning'
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781681777757 |
| PRICE | $25.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
Featured Reviews
Elizabeth L, Reviewer
"Kiki Button―war veteran, party girl, detective, and spy―finds that she can’t outrun her past exploits, even in the glittering world of Jazz Age Paris.
Paris in 1921 is the city of freedom, where hatless and footloose Kiki Button can drink champagne and dance until dawn. She works as a gossip columnist, partying with the rich and famous, the bohemian and strange, using every moment to create a new woman from the ashes of her war-worn self.
While on the modelling dais, Picasso gives her a job: to find his wife’s portrait, which has gone mysteriously missing. That same night, her spymaster from the war contacts her―she has to find a double agent or face jail. Through parties, whisky, and seductive informants, Kiki uses her knowledge of Paris from the Great War to connect the clues.
Set over the course of one springtime week, April in Paris, 1921 is a mystery that combines artistic gossip with interwar political history through witty banter, steamy scenes, and fast action."
Who wouldn't pick up a story with a heroine whose name is Kiki Button? Personally, I don't want to know that person.
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