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What She Saw
What She Saw: A Novel | Gerard Stembridge
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A taut, stylish thriller set over the course of twenty-four hours in Parisperfect for fans of Chris Pavone's The Expats and Olen Steinhauer's The Tourist. The storied Hotel Chevalier on Paris ritzy Right Bank hosts celebrities, dignitaries, andfor one nightLana Gibson, an American woman whos escaped the monotony of her staid married life for a cultural jaunt to the City of Light. As long as she takes her meds, she promises herself, her heightened curiosity and manic elation will stay under control. But when that curiosity leads her to the hotels private elevator which serves only the ultra-elite penthouse Suite Imperial, she spies much more than plush carpets and gilt chandeliers: a young woman caught in the clutches of a threatening-looking older man. Unable to erase the image of the girl in danger from her mind, Lana alerts the police, plunging herself into a firestorm of intrigue and becoming a target. As she engages in a cat-and-mouse game that plays out across the streets of Paris, it emerges that the older man is a prominent public figure, and the murky situation only offers more questions: Is he being set up? Who stands to gain the most from his downfall? Not knowing who has her best interests at heart, Lana will need to use every ounce of strength and guile as she races to discover the relationship between the truth and what she saw. Set against the glittering city of Paris, What She Saw is a hypnotic, thoroughly compelling thriller that will leave readers guessing until the final pages.
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WanderingBookaneer
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oddandbookish
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I received this for free through Goodreads' First Reads. This book gets bad reviews but I liked it a lot. Some people say that the characters are not likable but honestly I've read way worse. Lana was not that bad and I understood why she acted the way she did. I also loved the setting and thought it was utilized well. It makes me want to go to Paris. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a thriller set in a foreign country.

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BookishMarginalia
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This thriller looks thrilling 😉 -- unreliable witness, Paris, police investigation, difficulty telling fact from fiction... and blurbs from #ChrisPavone (love *his* thrillers!), #SarahPinborough, #CaraBlack. I'm sold!

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