The Paris Lawyer

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Pub Date Sep 18 2012 | Archive Date Mar 18 2014

Description

As a child, she was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now, Catherine Monsigny is an ambitious rookie attorney in Paris, working for a well-known firm. On the side, she does pro bono work and hits the jackpot: a major felony case that could boost her career. A black woman is accused of poisoning her rich farmer husband in a peaceful village in central France, where nothing ever happens. While preparing the case, Catherine’s own past comes back with a vengeance. This fast-paced story follows Catherine’s determined search for the truth in both her case and her own life. Who can she believe? And can you ever escape from your past? The story twists and turns, combining subtle psychological insight with a detailed sense of place.

As a child, she was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now, Catherine Monsigny is an ambitious rookie attorney in Paris, working for a well-known firm. On the side, she does pro bono work and hits...


A Note From the Publisher

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Author and translator available for interviews.

Available now from all major ebook retailers and Overdrive.

Author and translator available for interviews.


Advance Praise

“Sylvie Granotier’s The Paris Lawyer is a beautifully written and elegantly structured novel of a woman’s attempt to solve the central mystery of her life, and several other mysteries along the way. It captures the reader from the first page, and never lets go.” –Edgar Award-winning author Thomas H. Cook

“Full of surprises and twists that will keep you reading late into the night.” –Cosmopolitan

“This is a suspense novel with an absolutely perfect atmosphere. The writing is subtle, racy, controlled. It is written with great art!” –RTL.be

“Everything in this book—the plot, the atmosphere, the characters, and the style—is perfectly mastered from beginning to end.” –L’Echo

“The author has a distinctive style and an unsurpassed talent for delving deep into her characters’ minds. It is a disturbing read.” –Madame Figaro

“Reading this is like having a fever. The author takes the reader from dark humor to cold anxiety at a diabolic pace.” –Notre temps

“Sylvie Granotier’s book, The Paris Lawyer, has a compelling heroine in Catherine Monsigny. She is a young attorney, working on a fascinating, mysterious case. But she is also a woman haunted by a tragic event in her own past, the murder of her mother. Sylvie Granotier interweaves the past and present with a sure hand, and her characters have a psychological depth that is rare in crime fiction today. This is a complex tale, skillfully told, that will keep you in suspense to the very end.” –Patricia MacDonald

Crime Fiction Lover: “The Paris Lawyer is a powerful, well-written thriller, but also a meditation on the nature of love and marriage, and whether we can ever escape the past and reinvent ourselves.”

“Sylvie Granotier’s The Paris Lawyer is a beautifully written and elegantly structured novel of a woman’s attempt to solve the central mystery of her life, and several other mysteries along the way...


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