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Francoise Descoteaux is a wealthy French businessman in the 1930's. He purchases a large mansion in the Paris metropolitan area and packs all of his family with him. However, when a prized possession is stolen there is only one woman he could go to:
Mlle. Charbonneau,
Vérène Charbonneau, Private eye...
(I'll try my hardest to be historically accurate and feel free to help me out.)
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