Private detective Nestor Burma investigates in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, Saint Germain des Prés. This time, the jewelry of the Marquise de Forestier-Goumont is missing. Although not always intentionally, Burma is usually in the right place at the right time and diligently searches through seedy jazz clubs, rundown hotels, and private parties of aging star writers. A crime novel from a time when criminals still listened in on telephone booths and detectives gleaned crucial clues from the tabloid press.