The Last Time I Saw Paris
Lynn Sheene, Berkley, $15 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-425-24084-7
A farm girl turned Manhattan socialite lands in Paris just ahead of the Wehrmacht in Sheene's perfunctory debut. When Claire Harris's rich husband finds out she lied to him about her humble roots, she flees to Paris, but her timing is poor. Claire, sans papers, winds up working for the Resistance and falling in love with an English spy whose eventual disappearance leads Claire into harm's way as she tries to save him. Sheene's occupied Paris is the star, much more so than the bland characters and unsurprising plot. It's not dreadful, but there's nothing especially exciting going on, either. (May)
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Reviewed on: 02/28/2011
Genre: Fiction
Open Ebook - 368 pages - 978-1-101-51482-5
Audio book sample courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio