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Strangled in Paris, Claude Izner ; Translated by Jennifer Higgins

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Strangled in Paris, Claude Izner ; Translated by Jennifer Higgins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-317)

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Strangled in Paris

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Responsibility statement

Claude Izner ; Translated by Jennifer Higgins

Series statement

A Victor Legris mystery

Summary

"Lame recluse Corentin Jourdan rescues an attractive young woman, Sophie Clairsange, from a schooner wrecked during a powerful storm on the Normandy coast. After Sophie recovers from her ordeal, she heads to Paris, followed by Jourdan. About a month later in Paris, Martin Lorson, a professional stand-in for a variety of workers in need of a break, is serving one night as a watchman at the La Villette meat market, where, to his horror, he witnesses a man strangle a masked woman. The crime attracts the interest of bookseller and sleuth Legris, who's tantalized by the one clue left behind by the killer: a medallion with an engraving of a unicorn."--Publishers Weekly. the significance of the black

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