Dieppe, Normandy, 1897. Swelling the insular English colony this summer are the Impressionist artists Edgar Degas and Walter Sickert, the newly freed Oscar Wilde, the lecherous Prince of Wales... and a ruthless killer. Art-loving detective Emile Blanchet's first murder investigation threatens to shake the Republic to its very foundations. Is that why his boss is being obstructive? Or is it personal? Assisted by his painting teacher and friend Sickert, Emile sets out to solve a mystery that threatens to tear the nation apart.
