The tears of Buddha : being a record of the horrible murder of Marie-Claire Bernard and the remarkable events that followed : from the journals of Colonel Sir Francis FitzMaurice
"Marie-Claire Bernard was the widow of a national hero and the daughter of a wealthy, politically powerful family and her murder threatened domestic consequences for the French Government. Eager to avoid uproar in the press, the Minister of Justice summons Gérard de Montclaire--the most renowned detective of the era--to assume a familiar role. Examining Magistrate, with sweeping powers to find and prosecute the killer. Montclaire soon learns tha...
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