Folly Du Jour

Description

Paris, 1927. It's springtime in Paris and Joe Sandilands, a Scotland Yard detective, has flown in to attend an Interpol conference. However, he is promptly diverted to the Quai des Orfevres where his old friend, Sir George Jardine, has been arrested for murder. George is confined to a cell at police headquarters, his evening dress stained with the blood of the man he is alleged to have knifed to death at the Folies Bergere. Beaten by his interrogators, George is in a sorry state. Why, then, is he so reluctant to confide in Joe? The deteceive's enquiries reveal a dark current of vice and murder lurking underneath the gaiety, champagne and dancing - and Joe comes within a whisker of death before finding the killer.

Description

Set in Folies Bergere, Paris, December 1926. Joe hurries to the assistance of an old friend who has been arrested for murder. In a cell of 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. Assistance for Joe comes 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.

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Other Editions

• Folly Du JourHardcoverConstable2007-09-27
• Folly du jourCharnwood2008-01-01
• Folly du JourLittle, Brown Book Group Limited2011-01-01
• Folly du JourLittle, Brown Book Group Limited2012-01-01
• Folly du JourSoho Press, Incorporated2014-01-01