A quiet fishing vacation, a corrupt college town, and one retired NYPD detective who is wildly underqualified for relaxation. No Safe Place is ridiculous, fast, and unapologetically fun once it finds its footing—and yes, I stayed up late to finish it.
A Murder in Paris by Matthew Blake leans hard into psychological suspense, using memory, trauma, and history as its sharpest weapons. Following London-based psychotherapist Olivia Flynn as she investigates her grandmother’s shocking confession—and subsequent murder—the novel moves between 1945 and the present, threading Holocaust aftermath through a modern crime. Ambitious, moody, and sometimes indulgent, A Murder in Paris ultimately rewards readers who enjoy complex timelines, literary thrillers, and mysteries that linger after the final page.
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