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Publisher: Gallic Books

An interview with Jean-François Parot
Posted On: September 2, 2010
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An interview with Jean-François Parot

An in-depth interview with the author of the best-selling Nicolas le Floch thrillers, the latest of which, The Saint-Florentin Murders is soon to be published.

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Read an extract from The Saint-Florentin Murders by Jean-François Parot
Posted On: August 31, 2010
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Read an extract from The Saint-Florentin Murders by Jean-François Parot

The fifth exciting adventure for Nicolas Le Floch, to be published in October, has it all: serial crimes and a bizarre murder weapon, as well as debauchery, espionage, and the follies of a young court where ancient rivalries and grudges still linger. Read the prologue and first chapter exclusively here on Bookdagger…

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Read an extract from the fifth Victor Legris Mystery, The Predator of Batignolles
Posted On: August 18, 2010
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Read an extract from the fifth Victor Legris Mystery, The Predator of Batignolles

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.

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Read an extract from The Baker Street Phantom
Posted On: August 2, 2010
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Read an extract from The Baker Street Phantom

Read on for an enticing extract from Fabrice Bourland’s first fantasy crime novel…

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Read an extract from The Breath of the Rose by Andrea Japp
Posted On: June 30, 2010
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Read an extract from The Breath of the Rose by Andrea Japp

Alencon, September 1304. Imprisoned by the Inquisition, Agnes de Souarcy faces interrogation and torture. At the same time, the religious community of Clairets Abbey is shaken to the core when a nun is horrifically poisoned by a murderer hidden in its midst.

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Read an extract from The Nicolas le Floch Affair, by Jean-François Parot
Posted On: March 22, 2010
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Read an extract from The Nicolas le Floch Affair, by Jean-François Parot

Commissioner Le Floch’s adventures reach their fourth instalment in Jean-François Parot’s acclaimed historical crime series.

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An interview with Jean-Francois Parot, by Anna Brown
Posted On: March 1, 2010
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An interview with Jean-Francois Parot, by Anna Brown

Anna Brown interviews Gallic Books’ master of historical crime, Jean-Francois Parot, and talks to him about diplomacy, food, and his creation, police commissioner Nicolas le Floch.

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Read the first chapter of historical thriller The Sun King Rises
Posted On: January 22, 2010
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Read the first chapter of historical thriller The Sun King Rises

Enjoy the first chapter of Jego Yves and Lepee Denis’s explosive historical thriller with Bookdagger.com.

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Read an extract from Murder on the Eiffel Tower, the first Victor Legris mystery
Posted On: November 19, 2009
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Read an extract from Murder on the Eiffel Tower, the first Victor Legris mystery

Read an extract from Death on the Eiffel Tower and you could win the first three Victor Legris adventures, historical crime fiction set in fin-de-siècle Paris.

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Read an extract from Memory of Flames, by Armand Cabasson
Posted On: October 12, 2009
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Read an extract from Memory of Flames, by Armand Cabasson

March 1814. With enemy advancing, Paris is in real danger of falling to occupying forces. But at a moment when all efforts should be directed towards the defence of the city, Joseph Bonaparte is concerned with the murder of a retired colonel, and orders Colonel Quentin Margont to conduct an investigation into his death.

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The pleasures of Paris: eighteenth century prostitution
Posted On: September 24, 2009
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The pleasures of Paris: eighteenth century prostitution

Newly released in August, The Nicolas Le Floch Affair is the fourth in Jean-François Parot’s Nicolas Le Floch murder investigations, set in eighteenth century pre-revolutionary Paris.

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Andrea Japp: The French Connection
Posted On: July 18, 2009
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Andrea Japp: The French Connection

French author Andrea Japp continues her series of mystery novels, featuring Agnes de Souarcy, this month with the third in the sequence, The Divine Blood. Set in 14th century Normandy, the books combine crime fiction with historical detail, and have proved a hit both in her native France and abroad.

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