Title : The Crime at the Hôtel de Saint-Florentin - An Investigation by Nicolas Le Floch - Jean-François Parot - book

Summary :

Nicolas Le Floch is going through a difficult time: Louis XV is dead, Sartine is appointed Secretary of State for the Navy. Le Noir, his successor as Lieutenant General of Police, is suspicious of him.
M. de Saint-Florentin, minister of the new king, charges Commissioner Le Floch with investigating the crime committed in his mansion. A chambermaid's throat has been slit in strange circumstances. His quest will take him to Paris, beyond the walls, to cattle breeders, and to Versailles, where he will secure his position with Louis XVI. He will also be confronted with the mysteries of the Trianon and the horrors of Bicêtre. A phantom carriage, serial murders, an astonishing murder weapon... punctuate this adventure, which mixes money, debauchery, espionage, and all the madness of a young court where old rivalries and clashes persist.

Jean-François Parot is a diplomat. His extensive knowledge of 18th-century Paris, its criminality, and court intrigues allows him to recreate the mysteries and customs of the world's capital at the time.

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