The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris (Paris Bookshop Mysteries)

Hugo Marston, former head of security at the US embassy in Paris, has retired and is ready to realize his lifelong dream of owning a mystery and antiquarian bookshop. But when a blackmail scheme targeting a chocolatier leads to murder, Hugo is again called into service. Hugo has led an exciting life as an FBI profiler and the US embassy’s head of security, but now he’s ready to embrace a quieter existence as a bookseller in the Marais district of Paris. His former employer, however, has other plans for him. A prominent American citizen is the COO of a boutique chocolate emporium in Paris, where they’ve received a mysterious and threatening note. A blackmailer who goes by “The Shadow” wants half a million euros, or else their “darkest secret will be revealed.” Eclat de Chocolat is housed in a chateau dating back to the 1700s. The building, which served as a convent in the first half of the 20th century, where the angelic Sister Evangeline and her order of nuns helped countless orphans during World War II, has been beautifully converted into a chocolate factory. So, what dark secrets could a chocolatier be hiding?