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Fiction Stalked woman, transgender cop, dead bodies THE SORBONNE AFFAIR A Hugo Marston Novel By Mark Pryor 270 pp. Seventh Street Books Reviewed by Eric Petersen Mark Pryor is back with the seventh entry in his popular Hugo Marston mystery series. (Other books in the series are also reviewed on this site.) The middle-aged Hugo Marston, head of security at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, is not your typical diplomat. Though he’s a big, tough, pistol-packing Texan, (the author is an Englishman who lives in Texas) he possesses a formidable intellect, impeccable manners, and a passion for collecting rare books. He speaks fluent French and adores Paris and the French people.  Before he took the job at the embassy, he was a criminal profiler for the FBI. Though far from a social butterfly, he does have some friends in Paris. His best friend, Tom Green, is a fat, foulmouthed, ill-mannered semiretired CIA agent who refers to himself as a “freelance spook.”  Then there’s Camille Lerens, a t...