QUOTES The Wit and Wisdom of Paris Sleuths

By Peggy Kopman-Owens

Cover Art © Roger Kopman. Humorous, inspirational, philosophical, romantic, nostagic memories of Paris, France. QUOTES - The Wit and Wisdom of Paris Sleuths is a collection of the author Peggy Kopman-Owens' favorite quotes from her novels: SEVEN PARIS MYSTERIES (7-book series); MRS DUCHESNEY MYSTERIES (9-book series); SIMON PENNINGTON MYSTERIES (3-book series); THE MIST OF MONTMARTRE; PARIS APARTMENT FOR RENT; LATE PASSENGER.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: PKOBOOKS LLC
• Release date: Mar 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215757161

Peggy Kopman-Owens

Peggy Kopman-Owens writes suspenseful fiction, gentle mysteries with touches of romance that inspire readers to search for their passports. Her literary properties, reflecting her work in 35 countries, include three series set in Paris. SIMON PENNINGTON MYSTERIES, MRS. DUCHESNEY MYSTERIES, and SEVEN PARIS MYSTERIES now available in eBook, paperback, hardcover, and / or audiobook. (author's photo: © Michael D. Owens)  Cover Art © Roger Kopman. Online gallery at KOPMANPHOTOS.com "My mother wrote stories and songs, becoming my inspiration, teaching that passion and patience are inseparable partners. From my father and mother, both musicians who loved to travel, I learned to embrace a world full of diversity and endless possibilities. I can never thank them enough for bestowing this lovingly unselfish gift of intellectual freedom."

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Author Rights

The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

This collection of QUOTES, a work of fiction, is compiled entirely from the literary properties of  author Peggy Kopman-Owens. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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Dedication

You know who you are.

This collection of quotes from novels written

by Peggy Kopman-Owens

was published for you because you once said,

"I will always remember my first trip to Paris,

as if it were yesterday."

Moi, aussi

Acknowledgment

The author at work on her first novel.

"M y mother, whose shadow appears in the photograph above, wrote stories and songs, becoming my inspiration. She taught that passion and patience are inseparable partners. From my father and mother, both musicians who loved to travel, I learned to embrace a world full of diversity and endless possibilities. I can never thank them enough for bestowing this lovingly unselfish gift of intellectual freedom."

Le Détective Français

The French Sleuth

"In Paris,

a person couldn’t toss a baguette into the bushes

without hitting a private detective."

- UNDER A PARIS SKY

...

"In Paris,

everything was fixable for the right price.

Everything."

– THE CLUE, L’ Indice

...

"A bank in Paris was not a safe place

to hide a man’s secrets."

- A BANK IN PARIS

...

"Only those things we fear losing

have any real value."

- FOUND AND LOST IN PARIS

...

"I needed thieves.

Without them,

I’d be unemployed."

– OUT OF TIME IN PARIS

...

"My question would be one often repeated in Paris.

Did this person wish to be found?"

- FOUND AND LOST IN PARIS

...

"Once a sleuth made his name in Paris,

there was no need to advertise."

- FOUND AND LOST IN PARIS

...

Could not anyone in Paris keep a secret?

- OUT OF TIME IN PARIS

...

"Lesson Ten: 

Life was meant to be a mystery. "

– PARIS