A Paris apartment

"When April Vogt's boss tells her about the discoveries in a cramped, decrepit ninth arrondissement apartment, the Sotheby's continental furniture specialist does not hear the words "dust" or "rats" or "shuttered for seventy years." She hears Paris. She hears escape. Once in France, April quickly le...

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Main Author: Gable, Michelle (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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