Posts by Laurie King
30 Days until THE BONE OF PARIS…
It’s 30 days until The Bones of Paris, Laurie R. King’s suspense novel of 1929 Paris. For excerpts and information click here. Pip Crosby’s apartment: possibly the apartment block at 15 rue de la Reynie. From page 13: Two hours after he’d taken Lulu for breakfast (there: he’d even remembered her name) Harris Stuyvesant…
Read MoreJapan, and 30 Days of Paris
I adore guide-books. Not, please, the flavorless modern versions, little more than well-digested lists of places to see and hours of opening. No, I mean the traditional guides written by those who have truly Been There. I use guides from the 1920s as an entree into the time and place I’m writing about, but frankly,…
Read MoreWinner the second!
Congratulations to KarenB, and to the Hunterdon Library in Flemington New Jersey, winners of the Touchstone Book-Club-in-a-Box! Thanks to everyone who showed me their love for a library, and we’ll keep on doing these giveaways, since clearly there is plenty of support!
Read MoreThe covered market
One of the chief reasons I always stay within striking distance of Oxford when I come to England for a few weeks is the Covered Market. The Market is a Victorian glass cover over a hive of shops, from carrots to watches, shoes to fresh pasta, coffee to cheese. It’s where I head if I…
Read MoreGiveaway the second
[This giveaway is closed now, thanks for entering!] The second giveaway of the Bones of Paris season is a Touchstone Book-Club-in-a-box. This means fifteen copies of the paperback Touchstone, to be given to one library. Does your favorite library sponsor book clubs? If so, make a comment to this blog post with the name of…
Read MoreEngland the tease
England is such a tease. When I arrived here, it was the hottest weather since, well, the last hot weather. Which in England isn’t exactly a treat, since the houses are designed more for trapping the air inside than for letting any faint breeze pass through. And as you might imagine, a hot spell of…
Read MoreThe English conundrum
When I travel, I prefer actually settling down in a place for a week or six rather than camping out in hotels. Yes, hotels are nice for providing services like hot and cold running meal delivery, after which one heaves the tray into the hallway rather than dealing with dirty dishes, but one misses so…
Read MoreAnd the winners are…
The Mighty Random Number Generator (ten scraps of paper on the table in front of me) has come up with the four winners of the UK hardback for Touchstone. Congratulations to: Linda Barnett Adventure_Chick Krista Barbara Markusik If you four would like to send your mailing addresses to me at info@laurierking.com I’ll get your signed…
Read MoreGiveaway the First
[Giveaway closed now, thanks for reading!] To celebrate the publication of The Bones of Paris in six weeks, we are doing three giveaways. Today is the first. I have four copies of the previous Stuyvesant & Grey adventure, Touchstone, in the UK hardback edition published by Poisoned Pen Press some years ago. They’re signed, they’re…
Read MoreA Conversation
It’s Paris, 1929. Hemingway, Dali, Man Ray, and the ever-thirsty Kiki of Montparnasse sit around a table on the Dome Cafe terrace, discussing a project for the enigmatic and vastly wealthy Comte de Charmentier. The Count wants a Danse Macabre for his walls, showing Death’s dance with all of humanity: kings and jazz musicians, Flappers…
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