The Book Artist, Mark Pryor
The Book Artist, Mark Pryor
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The Book Artist

Author: Mark Pryor

Narrator: Todd McLaren

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/06/2021

Synopsis

Hugo Marston, head of security for the US Embassy in Paris, puts his life in danger when he investigates the murder of a celebrated artist, all the while fending off an assassin looking to settle an old score against him. Hugo Marston accompanies his boss, US Ambassador J. Bradford Taylor, to the first night of an art exhibition in Montmartre, Paris. Hugo is less than happy about going until he finds out that the sculptures on display are made from his favorite medium: books. Soon after the champagne starts to flow and the canapes are served, the night takes a deadly turn when one of the guests is found murdered. Hugo lingers at the scene and offers his profiling expertise to help solve the crime, but the detective in charge quickly jumps to his own conclusions. He makes an arrest, but it's someone that Hugo is certain is innocent. Meanwhile, his best friend, Tom Green, has disappeared to Amsterdam, hunting an enemy from their past, an enemy who gets the upper hand on Tom, and who then sets his sights on Hugo. With an innocent person behind bars, a murder to solve, and his own life in danger, Hugo knows he has no time to waste as one killer tries to slip away, and another gets closer and closer.

About Mark Pryor

Mark Pryor is a former newspaper reporter and felony prosecutor, originally from England but now working as a criminal defense attorney in Austin, Texas. He is the author of the Hugo Marston mystery series, set in Paris, London, and Barcelona. Mark is also the author of the psychological thriller Hollow Man and its sequel, Dominic. As a prosecutor, he appeared on CBS News's 48 Hours and Discovery Channel's Investigation Discovery: Cold Blood.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on November 15, 2019

I am a huge fan of Mark Pryor’s Hugo Marston’s series, and The Book Artist is the best book to date in the series. Marston is head of security for the U.S. Embassy in Paris, and in The Book Artist, he is tasked with protecting an artist, Alia Alsaffar, who is having her first Paris exhibition in the......more

Goodreads review by Karen on April 04, 2024

This is the first Mark Pryor book I've read of the Hugo Marston series. Although it is the eighth in the series, I didn’t feel I needed to go back to catch up and understand the characters. I believe it can be read as a stand-alone. (But as is the case with any series, if you can read from the begin......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on August 10, 2021

Glad I had the chance to read this one right after the seventh book of series. There are many interesting characters and plenty of action between Hugo and Tom on their separate paths of resolution and retribution and Hugo's lady is in jeopardy for a time as a murder suspect. Things do get resolved s......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on February 06, 2019

This is one of my favorite books in the series, primarily because I've come away from it realizng that the author does one thing VERY well. He masterfully draws his characters. Even though there are at least a dozen characters in The Book Artist, and some are making a return appearance, even the NEW......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on February 25, 2021

Set in Paris, this is the first Mark Pryor I have read and although this is the 8th book in this series it was easy to follow what had happened earlier in the series. The author provides enough of a summary that it is not necessary to read the books in order. The book itself was a quick easy read wit......more

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