The Châtelet Apprentice by Jean-François Parot
A Nicolas Le Floch Investigation, Book 1
Publisher: Gallic Books (February 2008)
417 pages, eBook (provided by the publisher for review)
Book Rating: 5 Stars
Content Note: Includes Violence and Implied Sexual Situations
Young Nicolas Le Floch has arrived in 1760’s Paris to embark on a career with the city’s police force, his naiveté and inexperience, with not only the city but life in general, make his first investigation more difficult, but his assistant and acquaintances help him along the way as he learns the ways of the city. Entertaining detective mystery set in a particularly seedy time period of Paris’s past. The investigation was interspersed with details of Nicolas’s personal life and detailed descriptions of gourmet food as well as the preparations thereof. The way in which this story was told reminded me a bit of the The Hangman’s Daughter series. Great mystery and I look forward to reading other books in this series!
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