Thank you to the fabulous people at Copperfields for a great evening, and come join the fun at Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, tonight. Here’s Tuesday’s launch with fab Meredith and fantastic Cara Black (Thanks, M!):
All Laurie, all the time
A big Thanks! to everyone who came out to Books Inc. in San Francisco last night, we had a great time nibbling and sipping, and the stack of books I signed are on their way to the other Books Inc. stores, you’ll find them there soon. If the launch is any indication, this is going to be a ‘way fun tour.
Tonight I’m in Santa Rosa for a ticketed event, and tomorrow I set off for the Phoenix area, with two stops: a 2:30 mystery tea at the Desert Foothills Library, and an evening event at Scottsdale’s Poisoned Pen. Details for both are here.
Sunday I’m at Bookshop Santa Cruz, and Tuesday and Wednesday I’m in Texas, but before that, next Tuesday I’ll be talking with Cara Black– 
about Paris (and maybe bones) on Book Talk Nation. If you’d like to listen in, or if there’s a question you’d like to ask one of us, go here to sign up in advance. It’s at 5:00 ET/2:00 PT, and should be an interesting talk, since Cara is Ms. Paris Crime.
I hope some of you are enjoying your read?
Yes, today!
What, you were expecting another day of countdown?
Nope, The Bones of Paris: on shelves in your local bookstore, today. And if you’re within striking distance of San Francisco, join us tonight for our launch with a French accent.
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In the meantime, while you’re waiting for the shops to open, take a look at these:
Pinterest Contest winners
It was not easy. It never is, judging projects that have been put together by so many talented and energetic people, but this one was really very tough. I judged on 1) the amount of work in the boards, 2) the thought that went into the pins, and 3) the pins’ close ties with the excerpts given from The Bones of Paris. And that’s what I got, by the dozen.
If you entered and didn’t win a prize, that doesn’t mean you don’t win my thanks for playing. I am honestly in awe of you people. But since I have only one grand prize winner to name, and a limited number of runners-up prizes, I am forced to choose. Here it is.
The Grand Prize, an iPad mini pre-loaded with my books (including The Bones of Paris) goes to:
Louise Chambers. Just take a look at her board, here.
And look, too, at the boards of the five runners-up, who win signed hardbacks of The Bones of Paris:
Trish Flett, Sabrina Flynn, Brandi Bailey, Sharon of Faith Hope and Cherry Tea, and Stacey L.
But there were two more that I just had to acknowledge, for different reasons. Kate Finn, for her clever use of color—start at the bottom of her board and scroll up, watching it go from black-and-white through red and violet to the top. And Mary Achor, who wins special appreciation for being, as far as I know, the first to start a Pinterest board about The Bones of Paris, back in May.
Thank you, everyone, for playing the Pinterest game.
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And thank you, everyone, for encouraging me with your enthusiasm about The Bones of Paris. I hope you love it.
1 Day until THE BONES OF PARIS…
It’s 1 day until The Bones of Paris, Laurie R. King’s suspense novel of 1929 Paris.
For excerpts and information click here.
The Latin Quarter
From page 87: The night felt soft after the harsh day, and… [Stuyvesant’s] feet took him along the boulevard Raspail; up the rue de Rennes; through narrow streets unchanged since students wore doublets. Down the quay to Notre Dame, admiring the massive dance of stone and the reflection of lights and the dark mass of moored barges.
The vast recreation of Paris under Napoleon III was largely concerned with the Right Bank, where government and commerce lived. Why spend money ensuring that students, artists, and the working class can travel more smoothly through well-lit streets, switch on electric lights in their sitting rooms, and flush their toilets with a modicum of efficiency? More pity, the Right Bank.
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2 Days until THE BONES OF PARIS…
It’s 2 days until The Bones of Paris, Laurie R. King’s suspense novel of 1929 Paris.
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Arènes de Lutèce
From page 68: [Stuyvesant] set off across the heart of the Latin Quarter in the direction of the Arènes de Lutèce. Lutetia was Rome’s name for the city, and the one-time arena was a restful spot in the Quarter—if one ignored the ghostly sounds of lions and dying gladiators.
After two millennia of intense change, Rome still protrudes from the foundations of Paris. On the Right Bank the remains are primarily found in the shapes of the roads, but in the Latin Quarter, Roman baths (fed by a ten-mile long aqueduct) and the Arena can still be seen.
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3 Days until THE BONES OF PARIS…
It’s 3 days until The Bones of Paris, Laurie R. King’s suspense novel of 1929 Paris.
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Vert-Galant
From page 238-9: Past the magnificence of Notre Dame, around the Palais de Justice, and across the road to the small park at its prow, the Vert-Galant. Voices came from a moored barge; lights from the shore danced along the placidly flowing water.
If one were to lay the Tour Eiffel down against the tip of the Île de la Cité Square (the two shapes are virtually the same) the Vert-Galante would be the Tower’s spire. The small park at the prow of the Île is popular with fishermen. Perhaps that is why Harris Stuyvesant enjoys pausing there to reflect.
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Contest closing
Just a reminder to anyone interested in this year’s contest: the deadline to send me the URL of your Pinterest page is midnight tonight Pacific time (although to be honest, I may not actually get to all the boards until midday tomorrow…). First prize is the iPad mini loaded with my books,and the five runners-up win a signed hardback (and oh, is it ever gorgeous!). 
We’ll be in touch with the winners probably Monday and trumpet them out on PUB DAY (which is Tuesday, in case you’ve been living in a cave or just come out of a coma.)
So: the contest rules are here.
Email your page address by midnight Pacific Time to bones@laurierking.com
4 Days until THE BONES OF PARIS…
It’s 4 days until The Bones of Paris, Laurie R. King’s suspense novel of 1929 Paris.
For excerpts and information click here.
From page 85: [Stuyvesant] walked along to the pub-like comfort of the Falstaff and let Jimmie pour him a glass of his best Scotch. Jimmy Charters had been a British flyweight boxer, and anyone who put on the gloves was a friend of his.
Jimmie Charters was a fixture in Paris bar society. He worked his way around most of the bars patronized by English-speakers, ran a few of them, knew everyone, and let most of them cry on his shoulders at one time or another. His memoir, This Must Be the Place, is a deft tell-all that yet conceals the sins, and often the identities, of the customers who were also his friends. A man didn’t have to wield paint to be an artist.
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5 Days until THE BONES OF PARIS…
It’s 5 days until The Bones of Paris, Laurie R. King’s suspense novel of 1929 Paris.
For excerpts and information click here.
From page 89: The welcome, the voices—just the company of Mme Lemestre’s ladies teased at him like a cool breeze. He even had the money for a full night of pampering.
The Sphinx, an elegant (and quite legal) brothel run by Mme Lemestre, is said to be the first business in Paris to install air conditioning. There is some disagreement as to when it opened, but clearly it was up and running by 1929.
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6 Days until THE BONES OF PARIS…
It’s 6 days until The Bones of Paris, Laurie R. King’s suspense novel of 1929 Paris.
For excerpts and information click here.
Montparnasse Cemetery
From page 61: “His studio is down near Denfert-Rochereau….”
“Isn’t that across from the Montparnasse cemetery?”
“Yes. Not one of the more cheery cemeteries, I’m afraid.”
Established outside the city center in the 1820s, Montparnasse cemetery is the final resting place of figures as diverse as artist Man Ray and Camille Saint-Saens, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir (together), French President Paul Deschanel and Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz.
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