Download or read book The Phantom of Rue Royale written by Jean-François Parot and published by Pushkin Vertigo. This book was released on 2025-01-21 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: May 1770Paris is in mourning.At the firework display marking the Dauphin's marriage to Marie Antoinette, hundreds of people have been injured or crushed to death. Yet not all the victims died accidentally . . .The tragic incident on Place Louis XV yields a new case for Commissioner Le Floch when a strangled woman is found amongst the other corpses. The investigation takes him to the home of a furrier on Rue Royale and a terrifying encounter with supernatural forces.