In the Shadows of Paris: Book summary and reviews of In the Shadows of Paris by Claude Izner

In the Shadows of Paris Summary

In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893, Victor Legris has vowed to his fiancée to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books.

But a killer is at large, leaving mysterious references to a leopard in his notes, and intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. When a bookbinder friend of Victor's dies in a house fire that does not seem to be accidental, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work and uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator. Alongside his trusty assistant Jojo, Victor embarks on a new investigation in the bourgeois quarters of Paris, where scoundrels abound and streethawkers call out their wares among market stalls, under the bloody shadow of the Commune.

In the Shadows of Paris Reviews

"An especially crafty solution distinguishes the fifth belle epoque whodunit...Not many readers will identify the murderer before Legris, whose quirky and endearing character is even more developed than in previous books." - Publishers Weekly

"The pacing is lively as victims accumulate the humor clever and suited to the time and place, and the adventure is to be savored...A delightful departure from today’s world; well worth reading." - Historical Novel Society

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Claude Izner Author Biography

Claude Izner is the pseudonym of Liliane Korb (born in 1940) and her sister Laurence Korb (born in 1951) also published under the name of Laurence Lefèvre. After colorful and separate careers they started working together as secondhand booksellers on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris many years ago.

They have been writing together for over ten years. Their early novels written together were targeted at younger readers. They have been writing the Victor Legris series since 1999 which is translated into English by Isabel Reid.

Originally planned as a series of eight books, the authors are now working on a ninth.

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