This is a well researched series of historical procedurals, with an ancien regime investigator who can move between the aristocratic world of the Versailles court and the stews of Paris' theater district, working to unravel the presumed suicide of a Count's heir. The case quickly unravels into tax farming, degenerate gambling, plots against the decrepit monarchy and governmental corruption. As befits it setting, the resolution is early modern reality, not a 21st century conception of what is fair or just.

My apologies - this book is very much not to my taste, and I was unable to finish it. I have not posted a review or rating at any of my usual venues.