In Paris 1890,Lady's maid Denise le Louarn fears the worst when her mistress,Odette de Valois,vanishes from the Pere-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 Odette's disappearance. But as he begins to look into the matter,it soon becomes clear that something sinister lies behind events at the Pere-Lachaise.
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Publisher: Gallic BooksISBN: 9781906040048Dimensions: 177 x 127 mm
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'A charming journey through the life and intellectual times of an era'Le Monde'Witty and creepy'Independent on Sunday'Cracking'The Guardian'Full of pungent period detail'The Observer
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