![]() ![]() Agent: Caitlin McDonald, Sterling Lord Literistic. With luck, Vic will be back for an encore. This intoxicating thriller keeps the reader guessing. Whom he picks and how he convinces them to do his bidding develops into a fascinating psychological drama. ![]() The first book pitted the members and patrons of The Bumble Bee Cabaret against the rising fascist party (the Ospies). ![]() This was the first book in a series about a slightly alternate 1920s/1930s era Europe. He decides to find three other people to carry out the murders. Back in 2017 I reviewed Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly. When an investigator comes to interview Vic about Caroline’s disappearance, Vic knows he can no longer do Eisner’s job himself without raising suspicion. ![]() Vic’s previous victim was Caroline Yates, whose death was ordered by her husband, a partner of Eisner and now one of Eisner’s intended targets. A further condition is that before Vic disposes of the victims’ bodies, he must produce a fragrance that evokes a particular memory in Eisner, a task Vic has no idea if he can accomplish. To save his financially strapped perfume business, Vic accepts a contract from Joseph Eisner to kill the three partners in Eisner’s asset management company. New York City perfumer Vic Fowler, the narrator of this clever standalone from Donnelly (the Amberlough Dossier series), has a somewhat less respectable sideline-murder for hire. ![]()
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