When the famous Judge Prudhomme and prima ballerina Nicola Stepanove are found dead during a visit by the Dashkova Ballet Company, Inspector Gautier must solve the mystery and save the troupe's reputation
Scotland and France have always had a close affinity, so it was only natural that Richard Grayson, a Scot by birth, should have taken a special interest when reading history at Cambridge in that most colourful period of French history, La Belle Epoque. All his Inspector Gautier novels are set in that period. He now lives in London.