In Paris, there’s no mercy when it comes to baguettes – but does that mean going to extremes? Commissioner Lacroix, whom his colleagues jokingly call “the new Maigret,” is solving his second case in Alex Lépic’s charmingly nostalgic crime series set in Paris.

Even the President of the Grande Nation loves it for breakfast – baguette, but certainly not just any baguette. Every year, a committee awards the title of the best baguette in Paris. This year, however, there’s a sensation, as Maurice Lefèvre is the first baker to win the coveted award two years in a row. Unfortunately, he cannot enjoy his triumph for long: the very next morning, Maurice is found murdered in his bakery. Did a competitor lose their composure? After all, the award-winning baker not only gets to supply the Élysée Palace for a year, but also has Parisians lining up outside his boulangerie every morning. Commissioner Lacroix knows: when it comes to their baguette, Parisians show no mercy!

With his aversion to mobile phones and a preference for good food and even better wine, Parisian Commissioner Lacroix is a wonderfully nostalgic investigator – a playful homage to the great inspiration of crime writer Alex Lépic: George Simenon’s famous Commissioner Maigret.

Commissioner Lacroix solves his first case in the Paris crime novel “Lacroix and the Dead from Pont Neuf.”.