| The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths Contributor(s): Barde-Cabucon, Olivier (Author), Rogers, Louise Lalaurie (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1782276238 ISBN-13: 9781782276234 Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Thrillers - Historical |
| Dewey: 843.92 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fans of Abir Mukherjee and Sarah Waters will love this gloriously macabre romp racing through the glitzy Versailles Palace by way of the shady criminal underworld of Paris on the brink of the revolution Everyone has secrets. Especially the king. When a gruesomely mutilated body is found on the squalid streets of Paris in 1759, the Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths is called to the scene. The body count soon begins to rise and the Inspector is brought even further into a web of deceit that stretches from criminals, secret orders, revolutionaries and aristocrats to very top of society. In the murky world of the court of King Louis XV, finding out the truth will prove to be anything but straightforward. |