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The Grand Louis cabinet and a mysterious death
Reporter Jim Godfrey and the detective bureau untangle a NY house death after a French visitor collapses. Philip Vantine longs for a Boule cabinet linked to Louis XIV, while clues point to suicide or murder as sleuths weigh prussic acid, a strange card, and a missing paper trail.
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Fifth Avenue
Jim Godfrey
New York
Paris
Crochard
Lester
Philip Vantine
Washington Square
Vantine
Jose
Parks
Louvre
Salle
Louis XIV
Louis
Grand Louis
Versailles
Mme. di Montespan
Romnant
Armand & Son
Rue du Temple
Hvid
Goldberger
Record
Star
Simmonds
Godfrey
Apg
Mr. Vantine
Rogers
Europe
Theophile D’ Aurelle