Claude Isner's detective stories are so loved by readers all over the world... Charming characters, exciting plot, intrigue, adventure and romance - and all this is imbued with the subtly attractive atmosphere of Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, when ladies still wore corsets, but already dared to travel on a bicycle, the films of the Lumière brothers caused panic in the auditorium, and La Goulue danced the cancan at the Moulin Rouge. ...Where will insatiable curiosity take amateur detective Victor Legree this time? To the Parisian slums? To the mansions of the wealthy bourgeoisie? What does a series of strange murders mean, why is everyone talking about a leopard, who is hunting for an exotic bowl and why? Victor and his friend Joseph begin an investigation - and it is desirable that their wives do not find out about it. The collection includes three detective stories by Claude Isner: "The Mystery of the Enfant-Rouge Quarter", "The Leopard of Batignolles" and "The Talisman of La Villette".