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“With the kind of realism that stems from William Faulkner, the author skillfully portrays her inbred, suspicious, nasty people … Hurricane Season ends up an orthodox murder mystery, but it is more than that. In a way, [Michaela Thompson] has attempted a microcosm of America, carefully dissecting out a single cell under a very strong lens.”
–New York Times
Also by Michaela Thompson:
HURRICANE SEASON
MAGIC MIRROR
PAPER PHOENIX
A TEMPORARY GHOST
FAULT TREE
VENETIAN MASK
RIPTIDE
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About the Author
MICHAELA THOMPSON is the author of seven mystery novels, all of them originally published under the name Mickey Friedman. She grew up on the Gulf Coast in the Northwest Florida Panhandle, the locale described in Hurricane Season, and still spends a significant amount of time there. She has worked as a newspaper reporter and a freelance journalist, and has contributed mystery short stories to a number of anthologies. She and her husband, Alan Friedman, live in New York City.
Table of Contents
Magic Mirror
Praise Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
A Whim
Good-bye to Luna Beach
Kitty
A Taxi Ride
In the Musée Bellefroide
Nostradamus’s Mirror
The Speculatori
A Talk with Mallet
Chantal
Sphinx
Madeleine Bellefroide
Mon Petit Café
Long Distance
On the Rue Jacob
Surveillance
Josef’s Story
Scrying
Disappearance
Negotiations
Lucien
Quai des Orfèvres
A Photograph
Enlisted
At the Cafe de la Paix
A Broken Elevator
Jane’s Romance
Two Calls
Following Directions
Inspector Perret
Waiting
In the Luxembourg
Captivity
A Room with Lace Curtains
Breakfast
Reaching Agreement
Lying Low
Back to Paris
Reunion
In the Office
After Dinner
Clive Overton
Bruno’s Obsession
Where the Light Falls
Cour St. Jean
From the Medici Fountain
Magic Mirror
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Guarantee
If You Enjoyed This Book…
Other Books by Michaela Thompson
A Respectful Request
About the Author
A Temporary Ghost
Praise
Title Page
Copyright Page
AVENUE GABRIEL
ON THE T.G.V.
MEETING IN AVIGNON
MAS ROSE
COURTLY LOVE
VIVIEN
UNDER THE OLIVES
A LETTER
A CHAT WITH PEDRO
REPORT OF A QUARREL
LES BAUX
RETURN TO MAS ROSE
THE BOOK OF BETRAYAL
WOMAN IN A STRAW HAT
AN INTERVIEW
A GLIMPSE OF WHITE
AFTERMATH
A WALK TO THE VILLAGE
THE WHIPPING BOY
ALEXANDER
A MOTORCYCLE RIDE
RAPPROCHEMENT
PICNIC
VIVIEN’S STORY
DISASTER AVERTED
A FORBIDDEN DOOR
A WALK TO THE CHURCH
A MESSAGE
RELAIS DE LA FONTAINE
BITTER EXPERIENCE
ON THE EDGE
LONG DURESS
THE ATTIC ROOM
GOOD NEWS
A SHORT GETAWAY
AUBERGE DE VENTOUX
MARKET DAY
A GAME OF BOULES
MONOLOGUE
NICE BOY
REUNION
Dedication
Guarantee
If You Enjoyed This Book…
Other Books by Michaela Thompson
A Respectful Request
About the Author
Venetian Mask
Praise
Title Page
Copyright Page
PROLOGUE
SALLY ALONE
BRIAN AND JEAN-PIERRE
AT TOM’S
MADAME BERTRAND
TOM EXPLAINS
THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME
SALLY’S DISGUISE
JEAN-PIERRE IN THE RAIN
TOM SPECULATES
AFTERNOON AT THE BISTRO
FRANCINE’S HANDIWORK
EMBARKATION
PART TWO
INTERLUDE
UNEXPECTED MEETING
IN THE PIAZZA
HARLEQUIN
RIO DELLA MADONNA
THE MIRROR DISMANTLED
IN THE HOUSE OF THE HARLEQUIN
JEAN-PIERRE’S DISCOVERY
THE AMAZON
TOM AND THE TIGER
BRIAN
THE SCOUNDRELS’ BALL
THE SEÑORITA
TORCELLO
UNMASKING
FRANCINE AND URSULA
IN THE PENSIONE
ANOTHER SLAMMED DOOR
A NEW MASK
ON THE GIUDECCA
THE PIERROT COSTUME
SALLY PACKS UP
THE LETTERS
BRIAN
CONFRONTATION
A VISIT FROM MICHÈLE
RETURN TO URSULA
IN THE SCUOLA DI SAN GIORGIO
JEAN-PIERRE AND THE JESTER
ROLF AND MICHÈLE
PART THREE
INTERLUDE
MICHÈLE RETURNS
EXPLANATIONS
A VISITOR
LUNCH IN THE CAMPO
BRIAN
IN ANTONIA’S ROOM
JEAN-PIERRE COMFORTED
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
ROLF’S ESCAPE
SALLY MAKES A PLAN
EXPLANATIONS
SALLY FINDS SHELTER
ROLF IN FLIGHT
ANOTHER REFUSAL
ROLF MAKES A SUGGESTION
TOM’S FANTASIES
URSULA WRITES A LETTER
IN JEAN-PIERRE’S ROOM
TOM AND URSULA
BRIAN
ROLF KEEPS WATCH
THE MEDUSA RETURNS
SALLY PURSUED
IN THE TRATTORIA
WATCHING THE FIRE
IN THE LADIES’ ROOM
A MASKED BALL
PART FOUR
INTERLUDE
IN THE BALLROOM
FRANCINE WAITS
ROLF IN HIDING
TWO NUNS
A WATCHER AT THE ARCHWAY
A TALK WITH MICHÈLE
AN ALTERCATION
ROLF SUCCEEDS
FRANCINE PIERROT
MICHÈLE GETS READY
MISUNDERSTANDING UNRAVELED
IN THE ROWBOAT
SALLY AND THE HARLEQUIN
ACQUA ALTA
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A RECONCILIATION
AFTER CARNIVAL
A PUPPET SHOW
MINNESOTA
BACK TO PARIS
EPILOGUE
Guarantee
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About the Author
Fault Tree
Praise
Title Page
Copyright Page
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Guarantee
Also by Michaela Thompson
A Respectful Request
About the Author