by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon · Actes Sud · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330075385
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«Le moine et le singe-roi» is the historical crime novel by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon, published by Actes Sud in paperback (330 pages, in French).
A young woman is found murdered in the gardens of Versailles. The commissioner of strange deaths and the heretic monk investigate the case: among the suspects are the king's first surgeon, a court painter, and the owner of a house of inverted customs. The court watches as secrets and transgressions accumulate.
It is the sixth instalment of the «Commissaire aux morts étranges» series and part of the Actes noirs collection. It was published on 1 March 2017.
For those who enjoy historical crime fiction and eighteenth-century palace intrigues.
