MYSTERIES IN PARIS

The Montmartre Investigation

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.

Paris, November 1891 and the body of a young woman is discovered on Boulevard Montmartre. Barefeet and dresses in red she has been strangled and her face horribly disfigured. The same day a single red shoe is delivered to Victor Legris' bookshop.
Suspecting more than just coincidence, the bookseller sleuth and his assistant are soon engaged in seeking out the identity of both victim and 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