In the Shadows of Paris

A Victor Legris Mystery

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Pub Date Sep 04 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books

Description

A murderer is at large in belle-epoque Paris in the fifth installment in this c'est magnifique Victor Legris series In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893,Victor Legris has vowed to his fiancée to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books.
But a killer is at large, leaving mysterious references to a leopard in his notes, and intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. When a bookbinder friend of Victor's dies in a house fire that does not seem to be accidental, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work and uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator. Alongside his trusty assistant Jojo, Victor embarks on a new investigation in the bourgeois quarters of Paris, where scoundrels abound and streethawkers call out their wares among market stalls, under the bloody shadow of the Commune.

A murderer is at large in belle-epoque Paris in the fifth installment in this c'est magnifique Victor Legris series In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893,Victor Legris has vowed to his fiancée to...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9780312662165
PRICE 25.99
PAGES 320