MYSTERIES IN PARIS

Midnight at the Clock's Close

Claude Izner

Paris, at the end of the 19th Century. Victor Legris is in his 30's and works as a bookseller. He regularly finds himself confronted with mysteries and that's good luck because he loves acting as a detective.

October 1899. For the astronomers, there is no doubt possible: the end of the world is coming. While this prediciton is on everyone's mind, a body surrounded by strange objects is found in the Clock's Close. The first murder of a long list and Victor Legris has only a few days to find out the murderer...

Claude Izner is the pen name of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefèvre, who are both second-hand booksellers along the Seine.

"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