This seventh book in the Joe Sandilands murder mystery series is set at the Folies Bergere, Paris, December 1926. Joe hurries to the assistance of an old friend who has been arrested for murder. In a cell at the Quai des Orfevres he meets with Sir George Jardine, still in the evening dress stained with the blood of the dead man. The only other witness, a blonde who was sharing the victim’s box, has vanished. Joe receives assistance from an entirely unexpected quarter—Francine, a young usherette, clawing her way into the world of the Paris Music Hall. It is she who becomes Joe’s guide through this treacherous place where Joe is sure the killer is lurking.




Barbara Cleverly was born in northern England and is a graduate of Durham
University. She now lives in Cambridge. Her debut, The Last Kashmiri Rose, was a
New York Times Notable Book of 2002.

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