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Mercy Kill (X-Wing #10)
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The intrepid spies, pilots, and sharpshooters of Wraith Squadron are back in an all-new Star Wars...
Murder at the CDC (Capital Crimes #32)
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2017: A military transport on a secret run to dispose of its deadly contents vanishes without a...
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The Agincourt King (The Plantagenet Legacy #5)
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The Mars Migration
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ClareR (6091 KP) rated The Beasts of Paris in Books
Oct 1, 2024
There’s Victor, the assistant vet at the Menagerie; Anne has been an inmate at the women’s Salpetriere asylum for many years, provided entertainment for paying Parisians thanks to the immoral Dr. Jospin, and now comes to work as the Chief Vet’s maid at the Menagerie; Ellis is hiding his trauma from the American Civil War where he was a doctor, and is attempting to become a poet; and Lawrence is a Canadian Photographer.
We learn of the horrors of the siege and the further horrors of its aftermath. The descriptions of these events and how the Parisians both live through and cope with deprivation and fear, are emotional and engaging.
I was left wondering who exactly the Parisian beasts were; those inside or outside the menagerie?
Just an excellent story.
No Hallowed Ground
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In a relentless chase across Missouri, four brave souls confront a hidden cabal of Confederate...