OO LA LA -- FRENCH MYSTERIES

Alleyn, Susanne  Aristide Ravel series:

Aristide Ravel, a writer critical of the royal court in prerevolutionary Paris, discovers the body of a man accompanied by Masonic symbols, and his investigation of the crime leads him into a world of secret societies and scandal.

Cavalier of the Apocalypse; Palace of Justice; Game of Patience;  Treasury of     Regrets

Campion, Alexander  Capucine Culinary Mystery

The Grave Gourmet:  Parisian policewoman Capucine LeTellier plunges into a uniquely Parisian affair of gastronomic delights and bureaucratic intrigue to close a case that could make her career... or kill it...

Crime Fraiche:  When a peaceful trip to the countryside with her husband is interrupted by several fatal shooting accidents, Parisian Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier decides to investigate after local authorities fail to solve the crimes.

Cleverly, Barbara  Folly du Jour

This seventh book in the Joe Sandilands murder mystery series is set at the Folies-Bergère, Paris, in December 1926.

Crosse, Laurence  A Novel Bookstore

A mysterious death, unusual car accident, and anonymous threats have one thing in common-- the victims are all members of the Good Novel bookstore's secret selection committee. Set in Paris, this tale combines mystery, romance, and French theology and literature.

Ewen, Chris  Good Thief’s Guide to Paris

Fresh from a successful Paris book reading, mystery writer and professional thief Charlie Howard is hired by his fence to steal an oil painting from the apartment at which he had been demonstrating his larcenous skills a day earlier.

Izner, Claude  Victor Legris mysteries

Victor Legris, a bookseller in 1890’s Paris undertakes his own investigations into notorious cases.

Murder on the Eiffel Tower;  The Disappearance at Pere-Lachaise;  The Montmartre Investigation; The Assassin in the Marais

Morton, Carson  Stealing Mona Lise; a Mystery

Entreated by a beautiful new client to steal the Mona Lisa, art forger Eduardo de Valfierno and a sophisticated band of con artists encounter such challenges as a relentless police inspector and a dangerous flood, in a story inspired by the 1911 theft from the Louvre.

Rock, Judith  Rhetoric of Death

In 1686 Paris, after someone begins murdering the dancers in his class, Charles du Luc is determined to find the killer, despite being asked not to take part in the investigation.

Santos, Pablo de  The Paris enigma; a novel

Arriving in the City of Light for their inaugural meeting during the 1889 Paris Wold's Fair, an exclusive society of the world's most renowned detectives wonders at the conspicuous absence of its co-founding member, who has sent a secret message about a threat to the society.

Simenon, Georges  Inspector Maigret Mysteries

Extensive series featuring Jules Maigret, a heavy-set, pipe-smoking detective,  of the  Paris police, who does not use scientific means to solve his cases, only his intuition.

Vargas, Fred  Chief Inspector Adamsberg Investigations

Chief Inspector Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg is a police investigator in Paris with the poetic soul of an Adam Dalgliesh but with less personal angst; he follows his intuition to solve cases, and he can’t explain how he reaches his conclusions. These atmospheric stories have a strong sense of Paris and France.

Chalk Circle Man; Seeking Whom He May Devour; Have Mercy on Us All; Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand; Night’s Foul Work; An Uncertain Place.