The Montmartre Investigation (Victor Legris Mystery) - Hardcover

Izner, Claude

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312383762 ISBN 13: 9780312383763

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2010

The fast-paced and gripping third title in the bestselling Victor Legris mystery series

Paris, November 1891: The body of a barefoot young woman dressed in red is discovered on Boulevard Montmartre. She has been strangled and her face horribly disfigured. That same day a single red shoe is delivered to Victor Legris’s Parisian bookshop by a goatherd. Suspecting more than just coincidence, the charming bookseller sleuth and his assistant Jojo are soon searching for the identity of both victim and murderer. Then, a body is discovered in a wine barrel at the same time as a famous performer from the legendary Moulin Rouge is strangled in her apartment. Victor’s investigation takes him and Jojo into the dark alleyways and bustling cafes of the hills of Montmartre, on a trail of evidence that seems to point to a case that shocked the population of Lyons years ago.

Review:

‘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

About the Author:

CLAUDE IZNER is the pseudonym of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefevre. Both are second-hand booksellers on the banks of the Seine and experts on nineteenth century Paris.

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312383762
• ISBN 13: 9780312383763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 309