| Author: | Richard Grindal | ISBN: | 9781471918223 |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group | Publication: | December 14, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Orion | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard Grindal |
| ISBN: | 9781471918223 |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 14, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Language: | English |
When a homemade bomb explodes on a houseboat moored on the Seine, following two brutal stabbings in Pigalle, the Paris police receive a list of targets for assassination that includes the President of the Republic himself. Each murder will be announced beforehand by the arrival of a playing card.
Inspector Jean-Paul Gautier believes the choice of cards, their suit and value, are significant in some way, and must follow the threads of a riddle that unfolds against the colourful backdrop of life in Belle Époque Paris and climaxes in a spectacular bal masqué.
When a homemade bomb explodes on a houseboat moored on the Seine, following two brutal stabbings in Pigalle, the Paris police receive a list of targets for assassination that includes the President of the Republic himself. Each murder will be announced beforehand by the arrival of a playing card.
Inspector Jean-Paul Gautier believes the choice of cards, their suit and value, are significant in some way, and must follow the threads of a riddle that unfolds against the colourful backdrop of life in Belle Époque Paris and climaxes in a spectacular bal masqué.
