About the book: 2009 / Paris, 1761. Dark shadows hover over France. Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour see murderers and conspirators everywhere. Studying the strange circumstances of the death of the young Viscount de Ruissec, police commissioner Nicolas Le Floche comes to the conclusion that a crime has been committed. However, the police and the Viscount's father are persistently trying to hush up this matter. Mysteries multiply, and soon new victims appear. Acting at his own risk, Le Floche continues to investigate…