This entry was posted in blog and tagged ana brazil, crime on the comstock, fanny newcomb and the french quarter laudanum lover, fanny newcomb and the irish channel ripper, floats the dark shadow, french quarter sanborn fire, gigi pandian, heather haven, left coast crime, margaret lucke, mystery and suspense, northern california sisters in. Author yves fey combines history and mystery in her new novel floats the dark shadow, the story of some bizarre murders during the belle epoque in paris. I was inspired to add this page because of the fabulous images painted by stephanie puimun law. Floats the dark shadow, my awardwinning historical mystery, is set in belle epoque paris and features a young american artist, a french cop, assorted poets, courtesans, criminals, and a crazed serial killer. With great panache and obviously extensive research, fey has recreated a time and place so that it lives and breathes with atmosphere, horror, and the literary and artistic streams of thought that have made it memorable for over a century. Yves began drawing as soon as she could hold a crayon and writing when she was twelve. Yves fey author of floats the dark shadow, coming september, 2012. Yves feys multiple awardwinning mystery, floats the dark shadow, explores this most fascinating of eras. She holds a bachelors in pictorial arts from ucla, and a mfa from the university of oregon in creative writing. Bel epoque paris 1 book tour books 1 carnegie library of pittsburgh 1. With halloween looming floats the dark shadow by yves fey is the perfect art related historical mystery for this months feature. There are two tarot readings in floats the dark shadow.
Floats the dark shadow and millions of other books are available for instant access. Floats the dark shadow is a foreword indies finalist in mystery adult fiction. In floats the dark shadow by yves fey, we are introduced to both the beauty and the darkness that encompasses the soul of the city of love. Floats the dark shadow, a mystery of paris by yves fey is a 340 page historical fiction story. Buy a cheap copy of floats the dark shadow book by yves fey. Shelf unbound decemberjanuary 2015 by shelf media group. Shes tasted the champagne of success, illustrating poems for the revenants, a group of poets led by her adored cousin, averill. Floats the dark shadow read online free book by yves fey.
Yves fey s multiple awardwinning mystery, floats the dark shadow, explores this most fascinating of eras. Floats the dark shadow yves fey bearcat press 2012 isbn. Alphonse bertillon was a french police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
Shadow mountain press release pdf web tess collins bio. The novels will investigate the madness of murder, and weave crimes of passion and crimes of politics with an exploration of the vivid literary and artistic worlds of the era, and delve into the hidden occult societies. Shes tasted the champagne of success, illustrating poems for the revenants, a group of poets let by her adored cousin, averill. It has fortytwo chapters, is written in third person and includes an author bio at the end. If anyone sells so much as a scrap of this body, youll be tossed on the dung heap. Testimonials nancy adams is the queen of grammar in my book. Scroll through them to sample snippets from the history of paris, revel in the art of the impressionists, and listen to the poetry of the era. My banner has images adapted from jeriby and fax sinclair. Following the maze of clues they discover the murderer believes he is the.
We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The darkness begins with those who have no one to look. Floats the dark shadow yves fey theo is an american trying to make her mark as an artist in paris. With halloween looming floats the dark shadow by yves fey is the perfect artrelated historical mystery for this months feature.
Floats the dark shadow by yves fey bearcat press 2012. Yves fey author of floats the dark shadow goodreads. When children she knows vanish mysteriously, theo confronts inspecteur michel devaux who suspects the revenants are involved. His cold voice increased the chill of the modern, refrigerated autopsy room. In her varied career, she has been a tie dye artist, gogo dancer, baker, creator of ceramic beasties, illustrator, fiction teacher, and finally, novelist. Discover book depositorys huge selection of bearcat press books online. Floats the dark shadow 2012 foreword indies finalist. She cleaned up my manuscript and made it into a professionallooking document that i could use to go forth and conquer the world. Floats the dark shadow by yves fey on blogcritics august 20, 2012. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about floats the dark shadow by yves fey. It is also full of literary references a delight for those among us who have stumbled upon them before, perhaps a challenge to others. Classic detection and occult revelation lead michel and theo through the dark underbelly of paris, from catacombs to asylums, to the obscene ritual of a black mass. I also loved the extensive acknowledgments section and looked up a few of the links. Click to read more about floats the dark shadow by yves fey.
We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Bertillon measurements are also mentioned in sax rohmers fu manchuinspired the emperor of america cassel, 1929, p. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Young american painter theodora faraday struggles to become an artist in belle epoque paris. The prose is not of the fastpaced variety and it took some chapters before this reader was fully hooked. Bertillon is also referenced in the caleb carr novel the alienist. Buy floats the dark shadow by yves fey from waterstones today. Fey not only captures the last decadent decade of nineteenth century paris, but she does so decadently, not in a stylistically overthetop way as too many writers might do, but by writing very. Floats the dark shadow is subtitled a mystery of paris and that seems apt as fey has captured the romance and the contradictions of that famous city so well. Floats the dark shadow by yves fey is set in belle epoque paris in the 1890s and the author vividly evokes all the sights and smells of this time in such a way that the reader feels they are walking the darkened streets themselves. She knows that some children she knew had vanished with no explanation and felt that she needed to find the real killer when her friend, someone she has been falling in love with, is accused. Yves fey, author of floats the dark shadow, on librarything.
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