A01=Claude Izner
Author_Claude Izner
bookselling
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classic crime
claude izner
cozy crime
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forthcoming
murder mystery
Paris
Parisian bookshop
Product details
- ISBN 9781805335870
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 13 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Pushkin Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Paris 1890. Lady's maid Denise le Louarn fears the worst when her mistress, Odette de Valois, vanishes from the Père-Lachaise cemetery during a visit to her husband's grave. All alone in the great metropolis, Denise knows just one person she can go to for help: Odette's former lover, Victor Legris.
When the frightened girl turns up at his bookshop and tells him her story, Victor feels there must be a simple explanation for her disappearance. But as he begins to look into the matter, it soon becomes clear that something sinister lies behind events at the Père-Lachaise cemetery.
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.
