The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by Hoobler, Dorothy
The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by Hoobler, Dorothy

The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection

Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. But the City of Light was...
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Author: Dorothy Hoobler
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The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by Hoobler, Dorothy

The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection

$54.25
The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by Hoobler, Dorothy

The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection

$54.25
Author: Dorothy Hoobler
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. But the City of Light was also a violent place. Criminals eagerly took advantage of the inventive nature of the age--the first getaway car, increasingly dangerous weapons, more creative disguises. The police battled back with a weapon of their own: Alphonse Bertillon, the world's greatest detective, the inventor of the mug shot and the crime-scene photo, and a brilliant innovator who pioneered the new science of criminal investigation.

Then on August 21, 1911, came a crime like none other: Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. It was assumed that Bertillon would quickly solve the mystery and retrieve the painting.

It would not be so simple.

In The Crimes of Paris, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the gripping story of the theft and the investigation that followed. Bertillon and his associates would pursue clues leading them into the world of avant-garde artists, cheap apartments in Montmartre and Montparnasse, cabarets, and from this first great mystery into yet others. Their suspects would be everyone from the poet Guillaume Apollinaire to J. P. Morgan to Pablo Picasso.

A vivid tapestry of Paris, daring thieves, and relentless investigators, The Crimes of Paris is a heart-pounding true-crime thriller of the highest order, as well as a brilliant account of the modern detective.

Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler have written numerous books together, including The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein and the Edgar Award-winning In Darkness, Death. They are married and live in New York City.



Author: Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler
Publisher: Bison
Published: 10/01/2010
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780803234321

About the Author
Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler have written numerous books together, including The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein and the Edgar Award-winning In Darkness, Death. They are married and live in New York City.
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