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Les enquêtes de Nicolas Le Floch1783, l''éruption gigantesque d''un volcan en Islande provoque d''importants changements climatiques. La terre se réveille : tremblements de terre, tempêtes. affaiblis

Paris 1777, un mystérieux prisonnier meurt en tentant de s''évader de la prison du Fort-l''Evêque. Dans le même temps, la reine Marie-Antoinette, prodigue et frivole, demande à Nicolas Le Floch de co

En ce mois de janvier 1774, Nicolas Le Floch, le célèbre commissaire au Châtelet, est d''humeur sombre. Sa maîtresse, la belle et capricieuse Julie de Lastérieux, est retrouvée empoisonnée et tous le

Nicolas Le Floch traverse une période difficile : Louis XV est mort et Sartine quitte ses fonctions de lieutenant général de police pour rejoindre celles de secrétaire d''État à la Marine. Désormais

1770, hace casi diez años que el joven Bretón Nicolás Le Floch llegó a París y entró en la policía del Châtelet. Su exitosa carrera ha generao un buen número de recelos y envidias, que quizá tengan a

These are difficult times for Nicolas Le Floch: Louis XV is dead and Nicolass boss Sartine has been promoted to Minister of State for the Navy.Le Noir, Sartines successor as Lieutenant General of Police, distrusts Le Floch. Monsieur de Saint-Florentin, the Kings new minister, entrusts Commissioner Le Floch with the investigation into the murder of a chambermaid whose throat was cut in unusual circumstances at Saint-Florentins home.His inquiry takes place both in Paris and Versailles, where he secures his position alongside the King and must confront the mysteries of the Trianon and the horrors of Bicetre. This fifth exciting adventure for Nicolas Le Floch has it all: serial crimes and a bizarre murder weapon, as well asdebauchery, espionage, and the follies of a young court where ancient rivalries and grudges still linger.

May 1770Paris is in mourning.At the firework display marking the Dauphins marriage to Marie Antoinette, hundreds of people have been injured or crushed to death. Yet not all the victims died accidentally . . .The tragic incident on Place Louis XV yields a new case for Commissioner Le Floch when a strangled woman is found amongst the other corpses. The investigation takes him to the home of a furrier on Rue Royale and a terrifying encounter with supernatural forces.

1775. Commissioner Nicolas Le Floch is on a diplomatic mission to Vienna, ostensibly to deliver a bust of Marie Antoinette to her mother, the Empress Maria Theresa. His real task, however, is to investigate the breakdown of French secret intelligence in Austria. The city is a hotbed of plotting - and Nicolas only just survives an attempt on his life.On his return to France, Paris is in turmoil. The soaring price of grain and bread is causing widespread social unrest, and Nicolas first police case is the unexplained death of a baker. Could it be that events in the French capital are somehow connected to his experiences in Vienna....?

October 1761An unusual death during a society evening at the Opera reveals something sinister at the heart of the French court . . .Newly-promoted Commissioner Le Floch on duty at a Royal performance of Rameaus latest work. Events take a dramatic turn and Nicolas is soon embarked on his second major investigation when the body of a prominent courtiers son is found.The initial evidence points to suicide, but Le Flochs instincts tell him he is dealing with murder of the most gruesome kind.

February 1761Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime and immorality . . .A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he seems to have a murder investigation on his hands. As the city descends into Carnival debauchery, Le Floch will need all his skill, courage and integrity to unravel a mystery which threatens to implicate the highest in the land.

January 1774Commissioner Le Flochs lover, socialite Julie de Lastérieux, is found murdered in her bed, a victim of poisoning.Nicolas retains the confidence of those closest to him, and is even sent by Louis XV to London on a secret mission. But a plot is afoot to implicate Le Floch in Julie s death, and he faces the toughest challenge of his career as he fights to clear his name and bring the real murderer to justice.