Gallic Books
The Innocents (Variety Palace Mysteries, 2)
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The Innocents is the second in a mystery series set in Victorian London in the 1870s. Its main protagonists are Minnie Ward, a ...Read Review
Edith Holler
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This fascinating, dreamlike novel is hard to categorize. Set in 1901 Norwich, England, this penny-dreadful-inspired tale of haunted theaters, murderous stepmothers, cannibalism, ghosts, and ...Read Review
The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries)
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London, 1876: in the first of Walsh’s Variety Palace mysteries, Minnie Ward, a plainspoken magician’s assistant turned music hall scriptwriter, vows to ...Read Review
The Bone Flower
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Our Victorian hero is the young Edward Monteith, only son of his isolated and wealthy father. An indolent innocent, Edward is spending his ...Read Review
Vintage 1954
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Four acquaintances share a bottle of vintage 1954 Beaujolais wine. The next day when they step onto the streets of Paris, it’s obvious ...Read Review
Wolf Hunt: The Napoleonic Murders
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During the Napoleonic Wars in 1809, Napoleon’s army is camped outside Vienna awaiting reinforcements. Captain Quentin Margont of the 18th Infantry Regiment of ...Read Review
The Man with the Lead Stomach: The Nicolas Le Floch Investigations 2: A Nicholas Le Floch Investigation
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In 1761, Paris police commissioner Nicholas Le Floch rushes to investigate the apparent suicide of a young aristocrat. Nicholas immediately deduces that the young ...Read Review
Memory of Flames
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When Lieutenant Colonel Margont is ordered by Joseph Bonaparte to investigate the murder of a colonel charged with drawing up plans to defend ...Read Review
The Chatelet Apprentice
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Paris, 1761. A senior police officer disappears and raw recruit, Nicolas Le Floch, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains come to ...Read Review
Murder on the Eiffel Tower
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June 1889. The Eiffel Tower is the most popular exhibit of the Paris Exposition and thousands flock each day to climb it. These include ...Read Review