Read Series: St. Cyr & Kohler
by Author J. Robert Janes
Mannequin (2000)
"In spite of the war and the conqueror-conquered relationship, they had got on since the fall of 1940. Two detectives of long standing. None of the Gestapo-SS brutality and sadism for them. Just robbery, arson, murder, extortion, other things also, and much trouble with the SS and the Gestapo. Th...
Stonekiller (2003)
Canadian writer J. Robert Janes's series of mysteries set in occupied France in 1942 are very popular in his native country and in England, and it's not hard to see why. Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler--an elegant, acerbic French policeman and a massive, lumbering, surprisingly compassionate...
Flykiller (2015)
It's February 1943 and the famous old spa town of Vichy, France, has been closed for the duration of the German occupation, and all the grand hotels taken up by the Government of Marechal Petain. But corruption and murder reach into the highest levels. Detectives Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Koh...
Madrigal (2015)
St-Cyr and Kohler are shipped out to Avignon to investigate the violent death of a young aristocrat: she was a singer aspiring to join the Madrigal group. Amidst a heady brew of sex, politics and professional jealousy, St-Cyr must discover the truth - with some help from the dead.
Beekeeper (2015)
In a freezing Paris in 1942, St Cyr and Kohler are investigating a missing shipment of honey. A beekeeper in Belleville has been murdered; his widow has connections she would rather not go into; and the ramifications of the case stretch all the way to Switzerland and Stalingrad.
Dollmaker (2003)
Praise for the St-Cyr and Kohler series: Jean Louis St. Cyr and Hermann Kohler [are] remarkably charming sleuths. . . . Vivid studies of everyday life in an occupied land, each a portrait and still life couched in sym-pathy for the fellows of a defeated people.-The New York Times Book ReviewBeaut...
Carousel (2003)
Carousel, J. Robert James (2.5)The premise of this book drew me in, but the execution was not as good as I had hoped. The book is a mystery set in occupied Paris during WWII. It is one, though not the first, of a series featuring an unusual pairing of a Gestapo agent and a French detective. The c...