Dark In The City Of Light by Paul Robertson
Genre: Christian Historical Suspense
Pages: 352 Trade Paperback
Date Published: July 1, 2010
Publisher: Bethany House

What Evil Haunts the Shadows of 1870s Paris?

Baron Ferdinand Harsanyi — After his wife’s mysterious death, this Austrian attaché holds control over mines whose coveted ore could turn the tide of war.

Therese Harsanyi — Swept up in new romance and the spectacle of Paris, the Baron’s daughter is blind to the dangers stalking her family and the city she loves.

Rudolph Harsanyi — Unsure whom to trust, the Baron’s son’s grief over his mother’s death twists into growing anger and a desire to break free.

As France and Prussia plunge toward war, one family is caught in a web of deceit, political intrigue, and murder that threatens to tear them apart.

It’s fairly common for me to reach for a book of this size, almost four hundred pages. Yet I had a bit of a surprise to open this book and find a slightly smaller font, meaning so many more words and a bit of a longer story. This is not a dumb calm read. Dark in the City of Light is an intelligent suspenseful story that sucks in a reader and does not let go. I really enjoy with the title of a book is brought deeply into the meaning and symbolism of a plot and this one really does.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Paul Robertson is a computer programming consultant, part-time high-school math and science teacher, and the author of The Heir. He is also a former Christian bookstore owner (for 15 years), who lives with his family in Blacksburg, Virginia.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Dark In The City Of Light, go HERE.

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