
The Blue Hour
J.P. Smith(Author)
Thomas & Mercer (Publisher)
Published on 20. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-61218-567-5 (ISBN)
Description
When Adam Fuest's wife, Honnie, suddenly vanishes, the couple's friends assume she was just unhappy and skipped town. Wracked with worry and confusion, Adam knows there's more to the story. When the realization hits that he doesn't know his wife well enough to find her, he enlists the help of a brilliant but amoral cop to comb the streets of Paris for her. The deeper their investigation goes, the more Adam learns about Honnie's past- and the secrets she kept from him. Pimps, prostitution, murder... In this modern-day version of the Orpheus myth, Adam descends into Paris's underworld to find the woman he loves. The city's sex shops, seedy night clubs, and the people who inhabit them simultaneously repel Adam and draw him ever deeper, giving him a painfully clear look into Honnie's past-and his own soul. Adam's grief eventually gives way to his obsession with finding her, driving his sanity to the breaking point. Even if he should find Honnie, has he already lost her forever?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61218-567-5 (9781612185675)
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Person
J.P. Smith was born in New York City and began his writing career in London, where he lived for several years and where his first novel, The Man from Marseille, was published. His latest novel, Airtight, has just appeared with Thomas & Mercer, who have also brought back into print all of his previous titles. He currently lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts.