Description Rendezvous Eighteenth marks the emergence of an exciting voice in crime fiction.
Ten years ago he went to Paris intending to stay for a year; he now lives there full-time with his wife..
Born and raised in the Bronx in New York City, he graduated from Harvard University and then spent six years writing for Time magazine.
About the author Jake LaMar is the author of the acclaimed memoir Bourgeois Blues and three novels.
Lamar\'s detailed and vibrant portrait of life in Paris is as much the story of a black man\'s alienation and redemption-indeed, the story of an entire community searching for a home-as it is a taut thriller about revenge, obsession, and murder.
This intricate, absorbing thriller is ultimately much more than a suspense novel.
That these two events could be connected is something he never imagines.
That same night Ricky finds a prostitute dead in his apartment building in Paris\'s Eighteenth Arrondissment, one of the most multicultural sections of Paris.
His American life comes crashing down on him when his estranged cousin wants help finding his runaway wife, whom he thinks might have come to Paris, even though he\'s vague about why.
But then everything changes.
He has many friends among the other African-Americans living in Paris and is happily, if casually, involved with a French Muslim woman. years ago and is content, if not happy, with his life as a piano player in a small cafe in the Montmartre neighborhood of Paris.
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Ricky Jenks gave up life in the U.
Description Rendezvous Eighteenth marks the emergence of an exciting voice in crime fiction
