El hombre del vientre de plomo

Synopsis of El hombre del vientre de plomo

«El hombre del vientre de plomo» is the historical and detective novel by Jean-François Parot, published by Edhasa in hardback (448 pages, in Spanish).

In the autumn of 1761, Commissioner Nicolas Le Floch investigates the death of the son of a courtier of the Dauphin. The family attributes it to suicide, but the disappearance of the deceased's brother and an enigmatic mistress lead him from Paris to Versailles, to the circle of Madame de Pompadour, in a city shaken by religious tensions.

Second novel in the series «Nicolás Le Floch, comisario en el Châtelet», translated by Manuel Serrat Crespo. Published in 2006.

For readers of historical and detective fiction who enjoy mysteries set in eighteenth-century Paris.