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Game of Patience |
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jacquie (United Kingdom) (2019/01/09):
Paris, 1796. Aristide Ravel, freelance undercover police agent and investigator, is confronted with a double murder in a fashionable apartment. The victims prove to be Célie Montereau, the daughter of a wealthy and influential family, and the man who was blackmailing her.
Célie's enigmatic and bitter friend Rosalie Clément provides Aristide with intelligence that steers him towards Philippe Aubry, a young man with a violent past who had been in love with Célie. According to an eyewitness, however, Aubry could not have murdered Célie. As time passes, Aristide finds himself falling in live with Rosalie, albeit reluctantly, as he suspects she knows more about the murders than she will say.
When Aristide uncovers evidence that points to Rosalie himself, he must learn whom she is protecting and why, before he can obtain justice for Célie and save Rosalie from the guillotine.
From the gritty back alleys of Paris to its glittering salons and cafés, through the heart of the feverish, decadent society of post-revolutionary France, Aristide's investigation leads him into a puzzle involving hidden secrets, crimes of passion, and long-nurtured hatreds.
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