On a morning of April 1975, the palace of Berbie in Albi is in disarray. Two of Toulouse-Lautrec's paintings have been stolen during the night and one of the museum's most loyal guardians, is missing. Cantarel and his young assistant, Théo Trélissac, arrive on the scene. The two men are immediately confronted with an investigation full of pitfalls. The reputation of each person is seriously compromised in this provincial museum where appearances can be deceiving.
A case with an unexpected twist that would certainly have pleased the mischievous painter of women short on virtue.
Previously in radio and television, Jean-Pierre Alaux is the co-author of an oenodetective series, Le sang de la Vigne (Éditions Fayard), which has become a major TV show in France.
"So fabulously earthy that Toulouse-Lautrec is still laughing out loud." NVO
"A series of investigations with France's most beautiful monuments as a background." La Dépêche du Midi