A thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in post-war London and Paris, in which a search for a missing husband puts investigator and former war reporter Billie Walker on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals.
It’s 1947. The world continues to grapple with the fallout of the Second World War, and former war reporter Billie Walker is finding her feet as an investigator. When a wealthy client hires Billie and her assistant Sam to track down her missing husband, the trail leads Billie back to London and Paris, where Billie’s own painful memories also lurk. Jack Rake, Billie’s wartime lover and, briefly, husband, is just one of the millions of people who went missing in Europe during the war. What was his fate after they left Paris together?
As Billie’s search for her client’s husband takes her to both the swanky bars at Paris’s famous Ritz hotel and to the dank basements of the infamous Paris morgue, she’ll need to keep her gun at the ready, because something even more terrible than a few painful memories might be following her around the city of lights…
In 2019, bestselling author Tara Moss delivered Dead Man Switch, one of the best crime novels of that year.
The Ghosts of Paris is a gripping detective story with plenty of action. The previous novel in the series was set in Sydney, so it was a nice change of pace moving to London and Paris here. It was also interesting to see a more vulnerable side of Billie – normally a strong, gutsy protagonist – as she comes face to face with her past and is forced to confront the effects that the war had on herself and those she loves.
If you’re looking for an exciting read to curl up with, this is the perfect book for you. With a thrilling, action-packed detective story taking you all over Europe, and the anticipated return of the one and only Billie Walker, The Ghosts of Paris is a stellar read from Tara Moss.
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