Paris, at the height of its post-War chic. It's a far cry from the dusty African backwaters that Hoop Taliaferro has been calling home, but with his easy American charm and those lovely American dollars, he fits in anywhere. He especially fits in at the Flea Club, a naughty nightclub for people who have pretty tame ideas of naughty. The real draw at the Flea is Nicole, a third-rate chanteuse singing sad songs for the bored expats holding up the bar. When someone silences the music, it falls to Hoop to put things right. Sleuthing's not really his line – he runs more to clever quips and nicely ironed khakis – but he is saved by the timely arrival of the redoubtable Mary Finney, stomping through the City of Light in her pith helmet, safari jacket, and sensible shoes.
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Matthew Head is the pseudonym of John Edwin Canaday (1907-1985), an art critic and writer. Canaday was a New York Times art critic for seventeen years and authored several monographs of visual art scholarship. Late in life he wrote restaurant reviews for the Times. Under the Matthew Head pen name he wrote seven mystery novels, three of which are set in the Congo and based on his experiences traveling there as a French translator in 1943. Canaday was born in Fort Scott, KS; his series sleuth, Dr. Mary Finney, is said to be from Fort Scott as well.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Hooper Taliaferro is living in Paris, at the height of its post-War chic, in this final mystery in the series. When a nightclub singer is murdered, the timely arrival of the redoubtable Mary Finney saves the day. Hooper Taliaferro is living in Paris, at the height of its post-War chic, in this final mystery in the series. When a nightclub singer is murdered, the timely arrival of the redoubtable Mary Finney saves the day. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781631941382