Romans Historiques Meurtre dans le boudoir

The second volume of the adventures of the detective Voltaire. Although he denies having written Lettres anglaises, Voltaire finds himself once again mixed up in crimes that he certainly hasn't committed. The real assassin seems prone to attack individuals in their most simple apparel, preferably in illicit company, and stages his murders to resemble scenes from books of ill repute. The affair is bound to make noise since the victims are men of high profile. In order to hunt down the elusive killer, our dear Voltaire is forced to compromise himself in the murky underworld of Paris, where houses of disrepute abound, as well as clandestine book stores and offices of the official Library where forbidden works disappear into mysterious hands. The killer, contrary to the times, despises libertinage above all.