Book description
France 1761. Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de
Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime
and immorality ...A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a
young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When
unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he seems to have a
murder investigation on his hands. As the city descends into Carnival
debauchery, Le Floch will need all his skill, courage and integrity to
unravel a mystery which threatens to implicate the highest in the land.
Jean-François Parot is a diplomat and historian. The Nicholas Le
Floch mysteries have been published to much acclaim in France.
