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In the third crime novel in the critically acclaimed Bernard Martin
mystery series, young immigrant girls are disappearing into the depths of
turn-of-the-century Paris.

In the wake of the Vernet murders in Aix-en-Provence, Magistrate Bernard Martin moves to the town of Nancy in Lorraine, France,
along with his pregnant wife Clarie, who is as fervent about Republican ideals as her husband. They are not in Nancy long
when an infant boy is found dead, his tiny body mutilated. The wet nurse and mother say that this was a case of “ritual sacrifice”
by a “wandering tinker,” or Jew.
Yet as Bernard delves deeper into the different personalities surrounding the case, he struggles to reconcile his Republican
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