It’s 20th December 1791, the third year of the French Revolution, and the Inspector-General of Crime in Paris, Rouget Maison, is on the most important mission of his life - to prevent a war his arch-enemy, the ‘True Patriot’, is determined to foment. But it's fraught with danger. As his coach nears the Belgian border, he realises there is a large price on his head and that one of his five fellow passengers might well be an assassin. But, if so, which one (or more) is it? There’s the rotund, scowling banker, Hercules Oliver. The dapper tailor, Robert Christophe. The charming widow, Margaret Valois. Shy, young Isabelle Rochet who is due to marry on Christmas day. And the extremely talkative furniture-maker and author, Bertrand Des Rosch.

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