The Scythe and the Ledger

About this book

In the grim aftermath of the Reign of Terror, a brutal wave of murders strikes the new political elite of 1794 Paris. Gaspard Cavaignac, a disgraced former revolutionary interrogator who survived the guillotine through betrayal, operates as a cynical private investigator for the very men he once sought to execute. Hired to recover a missing ledger containing the names of those who bought their lives with bribes, Gaspard is plunged into a non-linear labyrinth of his own past sins. As the narrative braids between the bloody height of 1793 and the paranoid chill of 1794, Gaspard's investigation collides with an idealistic gendarme seeking true justice, an underground brothel madam wielding secrets as weapons, and a ruthless royalist assassin bent on vengeance. Confronting his own moral bankruptcy, Gaspard must decide whether to bury the truth to save himself, or expose the ledger and drag the entire corrupt republic down with him.

Book details

Genres:

Mystery, Historical Thriller, Crime Fiction

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-16

Content rating:

R