Bloody Streets of Paris

the long version

"Nestor Burma, ace detective, is France's answer to Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. ... Set in the early days of World War II, in German-occupied France, Nestor Burma must survive and work in a country ruled by Nazis who literally hold the power of life and death over everyone in France. In an attempt to fulfill a dying man's plea, Nestor Burma, owner of the Fiat Lux Detective Agency in Paris, finds himself quickly enmeshed in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal involving French collaborators and the terrifying, all-powerful Gestapo. ..."--Page 4 of cover.