NICOLAS LE FLOCH, volume one
Paris, 1761. Brilliant young Parisian police commissioner Nicolas Le Floch works under the Royal Lieutenant General of Police. Louis XV's kingdom is plagued by conspiracies and murders. With the help of his faithful assistant Bourdeau, Nicolas solves mysterious disappearances and sorts out awkward scandals. From seedy taverns to the hallways of Versailles, from brothels to prisons, he tracks and stakes out suspects, questions witnesses, gathers evidence, foils traps, and unveils plotters.