About Last Stop: Paris by John Pearce
“An exhilarating journey that will satisfy the most avid thriller reader” – Kirkus Reviews
The thrilling sequel to TREASURE OF SAINT-LAZARE
A full-throttle adventure through modern Europe and the Mediterranean … that’s part thriller, part mystery, and all rollicking ride.
Pearce again accomplishes every thriller writer’s aim: creating characters that the readers can root for and a believable, fast-paced storyline. The climax and denouement bring the storylines together neatly, but fans will see that there may yet be room for another book in the series.
When readers last saw Eddie Grant in Treasure of Saint-Lazare (2012), he was hot on the trail of Nazi war loot in the company of his on-again, off-again lover, Jen. As readers return to Eddie’s shadowy world of undercover deals and thugs in the employ of crime bosses, they find a quieter, more mature Eddie, now married to Aurélie, a scholar of some note, and living in pleasant domestic bliss.
Onto this romantic scene come several of Eddie’s friends, who alert him to suspicious activity within his social circle, involving a man with criminal intentions and an interest in gold. Shortly afterward, a mysterious murder implicates another character from Eddie’s past.
As he looks into the matter, Aurélie soon finds herself in danger; at the same time, Jen reappears in Eddie’s life, and he’s simultaneously drawn to her and eager to avoid falling into bed with her again. Soon, he and his comrades must track down another ring of criminals and protect themselves from fatal retribution.
˃˃˃ The pacing races from chapter to chapter
Although sequels often suffer by having less energy than first installments, Pearce’s second foray into Eddie’s world has no such trouble. The pacing races from chapter to chapter as characters become more fully fleshed-out, particularly those in Eddie’s ring of friends. Jen provides a nice foil as an engaging modern woman who can take care of herself.
(Kirkus Reviews)
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Author Bio:
John Pearce lives part of each year in Paris, gathering material for his thrillers. Over the years he has become intimately familiar with the nooks and crannies of the city where you can find his hero, Eddie Grant, a wealthy Franco-American businessman and former company commander in the U.S. Special Forces, and his astounding beautiful wife Aurélie Cabillaud, a Sorbonne professor and author.
The story began in Treasure of Saint-Lazare with the murder in Sarasota, FL, of Roy Castor, Eddie's father's partner as an American spy in France at the end of World War II.
The author has been collecting and synthesizing information for these thrillers for many years, and will pull it all together in the summer of 2023 in The Final Heist, fourth novel in the Eddie Grant Series.