A «Chief Inspector Damiot» mystery! <P> All the newspapers would be certain to make a big thing out of it tomorrow: Sadoyan escaping from a prison van in the courtyard of the Prefecture de Police. Young Officer Lorant was a fool to have turned his back even for a second, giving Sadoyan that instant he needed to bring the metal handcuffs down on his skull. <P> Now Chief Inspector Damiot of the French Police had to clean up the mess…
Mr. and Mrs. Benson were enjoying their cruise around the world, oblivious to the criminal types around them. After all, as Americans, they had nothing to worry about. Not even in Los Angeles, last stop before the Orient. Or did they?
A number of baffling cases confront the renowned Vidocq, chief of the famed Surete Nationale, and his loyal staff of reformed criminals that hot summer of 1823. There is the murder of the famous Parisian jeweler, and the murder of Maya, the Spanish whore, shot with the same gun – and systematic looting of treasures from the great chateaux by The Black Devil, and more. With a heady, rich nineteenth century atmosphere, this mystery is a keeper!
The author of the Inspector Damiot novels presents a chilling psychological portrait of a bizarre young man obsessed with rape – and the L.A. cop determined to find him before his victims become corpses.
The first in the classic series featuring Chief Inspector Damiot of the Paris police.<P> "Chief Inspector Damiot of the Paris police, recuperating from a bullet wound, seeks sun and rest in Courville, his boyhood village in Provence. But Courville is lately in a ferment about the unsolved murders of two young girls–one a promiscuous villager, the other still unidentified. And there are also rumors of a monster seen at the supposedly-empty Chateau De Mohrt. Intrigued, Damiot soon...
The second in the classic series featuring Chief Inspector Damiot of the Paris police!<P> STARLIGHT, CHAMPAGNE AND MURDER<P> A sweet-scented breeze greets Chief Inspector Damiot's arrival on the sunny Cote d'Azur…and so does trouble. His secret mission is to assist the local prefecture in recovering a stolen Cezanne. His private plan is to sip his favorite whiskey and search for the perfect bouillabaisse. But more than a painting is missing: a promising young artist has...
