title: The Gargoyle in the Seine: A Victorian Mystery
author:  Dee Garretson 
description: "This intriguing story truly allowed me to be my own sleuth character in Paris, fighting off danger and dark characters to seek the truth. Dee Garretson has done an incredible job of combining action, adventure, mystery, politics, superstition and art into one very well written novel." - <i>Rita V from Readers Favorite</i><br /><br />"A 19th century young James Bond-type spy meets up with an artist who is not the least bit like a Bond girl."<br /><br /><span>"A good idea, dramatic flair, and affection for the genre distinguish this adrenaline charged historical thriller of political conspiracy and thwarted love. A breath of fresh air in a literary tradition grown stale by repetition, the believably flawed characters in this novel have lives, fears, and desires that will inspire reader interest...this complex, tightly plotted descent into the darker reaches of the mind is a worthy genre offering sure to appeal."</span>
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  # The Garret and the Garden
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### R.M. Ballantyne
  
  
  This page copyright © 2003 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  Volume the First
  
  
    
  Chapter I. The Garret And The Garden Or Low Life
  
  
  High Up. Sudden Friendships.
  
  
    
  Chapter II. Flowers in the Desert.
  
  
    
  Chapter III. A Visitor from the North.
  
  
    
  Chapter IV. Dangers Threaten.
  
  
    
  Chapter V. A Night of Adventures.
  
  
    
  Chapter VI. Enemies Turned to Friends.
  
  
    
  Chapter VII. Mischief Brewing.
  
  
    
  Chapter VIII. Dark Designs.
  
  
    
  Chapter IX. The Plot Thickens.
  
  
    
  Chapter X. Detective Doings.
  
  
    
  Chapter XI. Pumping and Squeezing — The Garret
  
  
  Class, Etc.
  
  
    
  Chapter XII. Through Fire and Smoke to Felicity.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Chapter XIII. The Last.
  
  
  
      Etext from Athelstane.co.uk
  
  
  ## Volume the First
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter I. The Garret And The Garden
  
  
  Or Low Life High Up. Sudden Friendships.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  In the midst of the great wilderness — we might almost say the
  
  
  wilds 