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John Pearce is a part-time Parisian who lives most of the year in Washington, DC. He worked as a journalist in Washington and Europe, covering economics for the International Herald Tribune and editing a business magazine. After a business career in Sarasota, he spends his days writing fiction set in Paris and elsewhere.

For several months each year, he and his wife Jan live in Paris, walk its streets, and chase down settings for future books and his Substack, Part-Time Parisian. They lived earlier in Frankfurt, Germany, which gave him valuable insights for several scenes in Last Stop: Paris.

He has published four books in the Eddie Grant series. His most recent is Paris Reckoning, the first book in a new series featuring Sandi Brennan, a for ...more

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	Treasure of Saint-Lazare (Eddie Grant #1) 3.56 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Stop: Paris (Eddie Grant, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 374 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Pegasus (Eddie Grant #3) 4.25 avg rating — 171 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“modern manpads can fire head-on at their targets, but the old Russian ones must find the heat signature of an engine exhaust.”
― John Pearce, Last Stop: Paris

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“That name was a sadistic play on the Underground Railroad that smuggled American slaves north. The old Nazis set up their own version and used it mainly to move their people. They called it Die Spinne.”
― John Pearce, Treasure of Saint-Lazare

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“Dear Artie: “The young fellow has disappeared into a dead end. I think the long-necked bastard planned to wind up in Paris and sent him there but he may also have used the underground railroad. Ask your round-heeled contact. Maybe you can find more than I could. “Roy”
― John Pearce, Treasure of Saint-Lazare

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