In the fifth Victor Legris mystery, our protagonist is reluctantly drawn back into detective work when his bookbinder friend becomes the latest victim of a killer stalking the streets of Paris.

'Witty and creepy' Independent on Sunday

In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893, Victor Legris has vowed to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books. But a murderer is at large in Paris, intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. And when a bookbinder friend of Victor's becomes the latest victim of the mysterious Leopard, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work and uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator.