The Marais Assassin: The Victor Legris Mysteries 4

The Marais Assassin: The Victor Legris Mysteries 4

by Claude Izner (Author), Claude Izner (Author), Jane Aitken (Translator) (Author), Lorenza Garcia (Translator) (Author)

Synopsis

Parisian bookseller Victor Legris finds a new case to investigate very close to home, when his business partner's apartment is burgled. Curiously the only item stolen is a decorative goblet of little value. But on learning that two people have been murdered who were connected to to the goblet, Victor becomes convinced of its secret significance. How quickly can he recover it and end the killing spree, in a city beset with terrorist activity? In this fourth case for the bookseller sleuth, Claude Izner offers a convincing portrait of a Paris shaken by anarchist bombings in the spring of 1892.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 02 Feb 2009

ISBN 10: 1906040141
ISBN 13: 9781906040147

Media Reviews
'A charming journey through the life and intellectual times of an era' Le Monde 'Witty and creepy' Independent on Sunday 'Cracking' The Guardian 'Full of pungent period detail' The Observer
Author Bio
Claude Izner is the pen-name of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefevre. Both booksellers on the banks of the Seine, they are experts on nineteenth-century Paris.