The Leopard of Batignolles (eBook)

A Paris Bookshop Mystery

Claude Izner (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
326 Seiten
Pushkin Vertigo (Verlag)
9781805335948 (ISBN)

Infos

In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893, Victor Legris has vowed to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books. But a murderer is at large in Paris, intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. And when a bookbinder friend of Victor's becomes the latest victim of the mysterious killer, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work and uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator.

Autor

Claude Izner is the pen-name of two Parisian sisters, Liliane and Laurence Korb who were booksellers on the banks of the Seine for many years. As a writing duo, the sisters published numerous novels, including the bestselling Victor Legris Mysteries. The series has sold more than 800,000 copies in France and been translated into eight languages. Liliane Korb passed away in 2022.Lorenza Garcia translates from French and Spanish. Her two most recent translations are The Montmartre Investigation by Claude Izner, which she co-translated with Isabel Reid, and The Season of the Beast by Andrea H. Japp. She currently lives in London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2025
• Reihe/Serie: The Paris Bookshop Mysteries
• Reihe/Serie: The Victor Legris Mysteries
• Übersetzer: Lorenza Garcia
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: bookselling • bookselling protagonist • Classic Crime • claude izner • Cozy Crime • Murder Mystery • Pairs • Parisian bookshop
• ISBN-13: 9781805335948 / 9781805335948