Full of pungent period detail - a satisfyingly convoluted yarn.A" Observer. Claude Izner - brilliantly evokes 1890s Paris - in a cracking, highly satisfying yarn.A" Guardian. A charming journey through the life and intellectual times of an eraA" Le Monde

In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893,Victor Legris has vowed to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books. But a murderer is at large in Paris, intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. And when a bookbinder friend of Victor's becomes the latest victim of the mysterious Leopard, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work and uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator.
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The fifth Victor Legris mystery. When a bookbinder friend of Victor's becomes the latest victim of the mysterious Leopard, the young bookseller feels impelled to investigate.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781906040253
Publisert
2010-07-01
Utgiver
Pushkin Press; Gallic Books
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
126 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
326

Forfatter
Oversetter

Om bidragsyterne

Pseudonym of two sisters, both booksellers on the banks of the Seine in Paris. Prolific authors in France for children and adults. Experts in 19th century art and literature