Contents

List of Characters

Note on Money

Prologue: Alas, I Have Little Hope

PART ONE: THE DISAPPEARANCES (JANUARY 1915 – APRIL 1919)

Chapter 1: The Locked Chest

Chapter 2: The Lodge at Vernouillet

Chapter 3: The ‘Carnet Noir’

Chapter 4: The Villa Tric

Chapter 5: Madame Sombrero

Chapter 6: Lulu

Chapter 7: Sacré Coeur

Chapter 8: The Fatal List

PART TWO: THE INVESTIGATION (APRIL 1919 – NOVEMBER 1921)

Chapter 9: The Enigma of Gambais

Chapter 10: Why Would I Have Killed Them?

Chapter 11: I Will Tell You Something Horrible

Chapter 12: Conscience Recoils Before Such a Monster

PART THREE: THE TRIAL (7 – 30 NOVEMBER 1921)

Chapter 13: Chivalry No Longer Exists

Chapter 14: Philomène’s Dream

Chapter 15: Her Private Life Does Not Concern Me

Chapter 16: You Accuse Me, You Prove It

Chapter 17: Let Us Not Look for Tragedy

Chapter 18: You Cannot Live With the Dead

Chapter 19: A Veritable Puzzle

Chapter 20: You Have Death in Your Soul

Chapter 21: Do You Feel Nothing in Your Hearts?

Chapter 22: A Terrible Doubt Came to You

PART FOUR: LANDRU’S SECRET

Chapter 23: The Signpost

Chapter 24: The Road to Gambais

Chapter 25: The Road to Vernouillet

Afterword: From the Quai de la Pinède to the Jardin des Plantes

Notes

Note on Sources

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements