In the Shadows of Paris : A Victor Legris Mystery

English

Series: Victor Legris Mysteries Ser.

Volume: 5

ISBN: 0312662165

EAN: 9780312662165

Category: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical

Publisher: St. Martins Press

Release Date: 09/04/2012

Synopsis: In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893,Victor Legris has vowed to his fianc?e 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 Victors 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.

In the Shadows of Paris : A Victor Legris Mystery

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.08 inches

Width: 5.87 inches

Length: 8.54 inches

Weight: 14.6 oz

Pages: 336