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The Mrs. Duchesney Mystery Series
Francesca's Story - The Interview
(All Rights Reserved) © 2015 Peggy Kopman-Owens
MRS DUCHESNEY MYSTERIES
People often ask me, "How did Mrs. Duchesney become a famous Paris sleuth?" I tell them it should have been easy to predict that Francine Robinsworth Duchesney would find success doing something unexpected of a young woman from a small town in the American Midwest. For you see, she had never been what others in that part of the world might call "normal." When I came to Paris in search of Mrs. Duchesney, a person described to me as the legendary Paris Sleuth Extraordinaire, I did not imagine her to be the unassuming little woman seated alone on a bench in Parc Montsouris. There was nothing extraordinary about this vaguely fashionable bundle of clothes, whose face was hidden beneath a hat and eyeglasses. Born with an exceptional curiosity, in a small town jam-packed with well-preserved century-old mysteries, where indiscretions lined cellars and attics like jars of last year's apricots, Francine found no lie was so well constructed, no secret so well kept, no treasure so deeply buried that she could not discover it. My interviews with Mrs. Duchesney would be the focus of my first year in Paris. After that, I was completely seduced by the woman and the city, forgetting the reason I had come there and finding new reasons to stay.
MRS DUCHESNEY MYSTERIES
People often ask me, "How did Mrs. Duchesney become a famous Paris sleuth?" I tell them it should have been easy to predict that Francine Robinsworth Duchesney would find success doing something unexpected of a young woman from a small town in the American Midwest. For you see, she had never been what others in that part of the world might call "normal." When I came to Paris in search of Mrs. Duchesney, a person described to me as the legendary Paris Sleuth Extraordinaire, I did not imagine her to be the unassuming little woman seated alone on a bench in Parc Montsouris. There was nothing extraordinary about this vaguely fashionable bundle of clothes, whose face was hidden beneath a hat and eyeglasses. Born with an exceptional curiosity, in a small town jam-packed with well-preserved century-old mysteries, where indiscretions lined cellars and attics like jars of last year's apricots, Francine found no lie was so well constructed, no secret so well kept, no treasure so deeply buried that she could not discover it. My interviews with Mrs. Duchesney would be the focus of my first year in Paris. After that, I was completely seduced by the woman and the city, forgetting the reason I had come there and finding new reasons to stay.
261 pages, Paperback
Published December 8, 2015
About the author
Peggy Kopman-Owens
95 books30 followersAuthor of 30 Mysteries, including three Paris Mysteries series. Peggy Kopman-Owens writes suspenseful, gentle mysteries with touches of romance that entice and inspire readers to search for their passports. Her literary properties include books, screenplays, and stage plays, and reflect her work in 35 countries.
SEVEN PARIS MYSTERIES, MRS DUCHESNEY MYSTERIES, and SIMON PENNINGTON MYSTERIES are now available at Click here. To assist in protecting the copyright of this author's work, please purchase only from authorized booksellers.
"My mother wrote stories and songs, becoming my inspiration, teaching that passion and patience are inseparable partners. From my father and mother, both musicians who loved to travel, I learned to embrace a world full of diversity and endless possibilities. I can never thank them enough for bestowing this lovingly unselfish gift of intellectual freedom." Merci for your purchase! author - Peggy Kopman-Owens
Cover Art © Roger Kopman. Merci for viewing online gallery at KOPMANPHOTOS.com
(Author's photo: © Michael D. Owens)
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SEVEN PARIS MYSTERIES, MRS DUCHESNEY MYSTERIES, and SIMON PENNINGTON MYSTERIES are now available at Click here. To assist in protecting the copyright of this author's work, please purchase only from authorized booksellers.
"My mother wrote stories and songs, becoming my inspiration, teaching that passion and patience are inseparable partners. From my father and mother, both musicians who loved to travel, I learned to embrace a world full of diversity and endless possibilities. I can never thank them enough for bestowing this lovingly unselfish gift of intellectual freedom." Merci for your purchase! author - Peggy Kopman-Owens
Cover Art © Roger Kopman. Merci for viewing online gallery at KOPMANPHOTOS.com
(Author's photo: © Michael D. Owens)
Follow the author on YouTube, Linkedin, Pinterest, Goodreads.
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May 14, 2019
I hadn’t read any of the Duchesney Mysteries prior to this novel, but I have to say I enjoyed it.
Francine, who’d grown up in a small, Midwest town, wanted something bigger from life. After an awful town scandal that some say took her grandmother’s life, Francine set out, to the other side of the world. There she met a man who helped set her feet upon the path to Super Sleuth Extraordinaire and the woman she’d always wanted to be.
Mrs Duchesney Mystery- The Interview, Francesca’s Stoey: The Interview is witty, humorous and I’m sure provided background to a lovable character. I don’t know exactly, but I gather that feeling.
If you enjoy the Duchesney series, then you’ll love getting to know your fav, female detective. I’m off to my next read.
Be looking out for my full review at www.areneehunt.com
Cheers!
Francine, who’d grown up in a small, Midwest town, wanted something bigger from life. After an awful town scandal that some say took her grandmother’s life, Francine set out, to the other side of the world. There she met a man who helped set her feet upon the path to Super Sleuth Extraordinaire and the woman she’d always wanted to be.
Mrs Duchesney Mystery- The Interview, Francesca’s Stoey: The Interview is witty, humorous and I’m sure provided background to a lovable character. I don’t know exactly, but I gather that feeling.
If you enjoy the Duchesney series, then you’ll love getting to know your fav, female detective. I’m off to my next read.
Be looking out for my full review at www.areneehunt.com
Cheers!
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