num_pages: 343
description: Its France 1761. Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour at Versailles lies Paris a capital in the grip of crime. A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch a young Breton police recruit is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains are found it becomes a murder investigation. As Paris descends into Carnival debauchery it is Le Floch's skill courage and integrity that will help him unravel a mystery which threatens to implicate the highest in the land.
language: English
title: The Chatelet Apprentice
publisher: Gallic Books