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.
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Claude Izner. The Père-Lachaise Mystery: 2nd Victor Legris Mystery
THE. PÈRE-LACHAISE. MYSTERY
CONTENTS
THE PÈRE-LACHAISE CEMETERY
VICTOR LEGRIS’S PARIS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
Notes
CHAPTER TWO
Notes
CHAPTER THREE
Notes
CHAPTER FOUR
Notes
CHAPTER FIVE
Notes
CHAPTER SIX
Notes
CHAPTER 7
Notes
CHAPTER 8
Notes
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
Notes
CHAPTER 11
Notes
CHAPTER 12
APPENDIX. A FEW HISTORICAL NOTES ON FRANCE IN 1890
NOTES. CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
About the Author
ALSO BY CLAUDE IZNER:
Copyright
Saint-Mandé, Sunday 26 July 1891
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