Vanishing at Père-Lachaise

Claude Izner is the pen-name of two Parisian sisters, Liliane and Laurence Korb who were booksellers on the banks of the Seine for many years. As a writing duo, the sisters published numerous novels, including the bestselling Victor Legris Mysteries. The series has sold more than 800,000 copies in France and been translated into eight languages. Liliane Korb passed away in 2022.Lorenza Garcia translates from French and Spanish. Her two most recent translations are The Montmartre Investigation by Claude Izner, which she co-translated with Isabel Reid, and The Season of the Beast by Andrea H. Japp. She currently lives in London.

Our hero is Victor Legris, a bibliophile and amateur sleuth who has neither twinkly eyes nor a neat moustache, but can at least boast a picturesque pair of buttocks... There follows a satisfyingly convoluted yarn involving painted Madonnas, fiendish disguises and skulduggery in deepest Colombia