Author: Claude Izner
Historical mysteries
Published on 13 August 2026 by Pushkin Press (Pushkin Vertigo) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Paris Bookshop Mysteries' series.
Paperback | 320 pages
196 x 129 x 27 | 278g
Paris 1890. Lady's maid Denise le Louarn fears the worst when her mistress, Odette de Valois, vanishes from the Père-Lachaise cemetery during a visit to her husband's grave. All alone in the great metropolis, Denise knows just one person she can go to for help: Odette's former lover, Victor Legris.
When the frightened girl turns up at his bookshop and tells him her story, Victor feels there must be a simple explanation for her disappearance. But as he begins to look into the matter, it soon becomes clear that something sinister lies behind events at the Père-Lachaise cemetery.