"The Tsar had long dreamt of taking Paris in revenge for Moscow..."

March 1814. With the allied armies of Russia, Austria and Prussia advancing, Paris is in real danger of falling to occupying forces for the first time in 400 years. But at a moment when all efforts should be directed towards the defence of the city, Joseph Bonaparte is concerned with the murder of a retired colonel, and orders Major Quentin Margont to conduct a secret investigation into his death.

The fourth Victor Legris Mystery.

Parisian bookseller, Victor Legris, finds a new case to investigate very close to home, when his business partner's apartment is burgled.

Curiously the only item stolen is a decorative goblet of little value. But on learning that two people have been murdered who were connected to to the goblet, Victor becomes convinced of its secret significance. How quickly can he recover it and end the killing spree, in a city beset with terrorist activity?

The third Victor Legris Mystery.

Paris, November 1891 and the body of a young woman is discovered on Boulevard Montmartre. Barefoot and dressed in red she has been strangled and her face horribly disfigured. That same day a single red shoe is delivered to Victor Legris's Parisian bookshop.

Suspecting more than just coincidence the charming bookseller sleuth and his assistant Jojo are soon searching for the identity of both victim and murderer.

In 1809, the forces of Napoleon's Grande Armée are in Austria. For young Lieutenant Lukas Relmyer it is hard to return to the place where he and fellow orphan Franz were kidnapped four years earlier. Franz was brutally murdered and Lukas has vowed to avenge his death.

When the body of another orphan is found on the battlefield, Captain Quentin Margont and Lukas join forces to track down the wolf that is prowling once more the forests of Aspern...

The second Victor Legris Mystery.

Paris 1890, and Lady's Maid Denise le Louarn fears the worst when her mistress, the beautiful Odette de Valois, vanishes from the P#egravere-Lachaise cemetery during a visit to her husband's grave.

The first Victor Legris Mystery.

The brand-new Eiffel Tower is the glory of the 1889 Universal Exposition. But one day a woman collapses and dies on its second floor. Can a bee-sting really be the cause of death? Enter young bookseller, Victor Legris, who is determined to find out what really happened.