Murder in Paris by Kirsty Manning

The inimitable Charlotte ‘Charlie’ James returns in her second exciting mystery.

At a glitzy gala in the ballroom of the Hotel Ritz, young American tourist Maisy Bell meets an intriguing man and accepts his charming offer to take her on a day trip.

But when Maisy doesn’t return to the Ritz the following day, alarm bells ring and Maisy’s aunt Clementine tries to file a missing person’s report. The Paris police laugh the request away. Plenty of tourists ‘disappear’, having lost themselves in foolish flings. After all, summer in Paris is the perfect time for lovers. Then Clementine Bell receives a ransom note . . .

Enter investigative reporter Charlie James. As she follows Maisy Bell’s designer footsteps around Paris, Charlie is plunged into a heady world of diamonds, haute couture, opera, bohemian wine bars and extravagant soirees in grand country chateaux, before being pulled into the sordid underworld.

Glamorous and fearless, glass of champagne in hand, this is Charlie James at her best.

A glamorous historical mystery of murder, fashion, food, secrets, and danger in 1930s Paris.

About the Author: Kirsty Manning grew up in northern New South Wales. A country girl with wanderlust, her travels and studies have taken her through most of Europe, the United States and pockets of Asia.

Kirsty’s debut novel, The Midsummer Garden, was published in 2017. Her second book, The Jade Lily, was published in 2018 followed by The Lost Jewels (2020), The French Gift (2021), and The Hidden Book (2023). Her novels are also published in the United States and in Europe.

In 2022, Kirsty launched the first of a new crime series, The Paris Mystery, set in pre-WWII Paris with Australian journalist, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ James, solving crimes surrounded by glamour, haute couture, wealth and champagne.

Kirsty is a partner in the award-winning Melbourne wine bar Bellota, and the Prince Wine Store in Sydney and Melbourne. She lives in Melbourne, Victoria.

28 Apr 2026
 

Murder in Paris by Kirsty Manning ISBN 9781760879914