Paris Noir. The Orange Seed Murder – vol. 3

Adventure
Mystery

When elegance hides cruelty, even a brushstroke can become lethal.

Just when it seems that the Bain-Mergnac wedding reception is about to end, a chilling scream echoes from one of the more secluded rooms of the villa. A maid runs away horrified, and Berthe finds a beautiful woman lying on the floor, lifeless. A few hours later, the young artist is with Claude and Pierre in the apartment on rue Sarrazin, determined to get to the bottom of things: the girl’s name was Eloise, and she was a model. Who could have stabbed her in the middle of the celebration? But what the future masters of Impressionism still don’t know is that this is only the first in a series of murders linked by a mysterious detail. On the victims’ bodies, there are always white, elongated seeds. Orange seeds.

  • Two leading children’s authors, the finalist and the winner of the 2019 Strega Prize, join forces again in another incredible children’s adventure.
  • A series of cases linked to the world of art, Bohemian artists, and what the three of them (and other friends like Cézanne, Manet – who Berthe will marry – Gauguin, Toulouse- Lautrec) will become: impressionist painters.

From the same series (Paris Noir): The Self-portrait, The headless man.

Publisher: Battello a Vapore
Target: 10+
Year: 2021
Author
Pierdomenico Baccalario

Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica, and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.

 

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Author
Guido Sgardoli

Born in San Donà di Piave (VE), a graduate in Veterinary Medicine, and a full-time writer. He collaborated for several years with newspapers, magazines, and websites dedicated to road trips, focusing on the history and traditions of the United States. He has had a long-standing interest in Ufology, Paranormal Phenomena, Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, and the History of the United States and Native Americans.

In addition to his love of animals, he has always cherished books since childhood. Like many people, one day he decided to write his own story. Since then, he has never stopped, and in 2004, he published his first book, followed by many others: adventurous, entertaining stories filled with various "animality" that are beloved and widely read by children and young readers.

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