Madame Valenne | A Veronica Lakewood Mystery Audiobook

Paris, before Hastings, before Chicago, before any of it: a woman arrives at the Gare du Nord with one suitcase, three false names, and several thousand pounds' worth of stolen jewellery sewn beneath the lining — by the time she reaches the Hôtel Saint-James, Veronica Lakewood no longer exists and in her place stands Madame Valenne, widow, traveller, no forwarding address; in a hotel salon near the Parc Monceau she meets the people who will shape the next years of her life — Dolores Vega, a Cuban singer with a mended green dress and a lover too honest for Paris; Armand Séguret, a melancholy thief watching from the fireplace; and Emilio Vargas, dark, elegant, and dangerous, a man who looks at women as if they were jewels temporarily misplaced; when a midnight knock draws her into a world of stolen papers, opera boxes, hidden curtains, and a powerful woman whose missing hour holds the key to everything, what unfolds is the story Veronica never told anyone — the Paris chapter that made her who she became and the one she spent years trying to forget; Madame Valenne is an original Golden Age–style mystery about reinvention, survival, and the discovery that the most dangerous thing a woman on the run can do is stop running long enough to care about someone.ℹ️ FOR LISTENERSThis is an original mystery featuring Veronica Lakewood, an original character created by Nocturnal Tales. All characters and events in this story are fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied.💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTSVeronica arrived in Paris with stolen jewels and a borrowed name. She left with something harder to carry — people she couldn't forget. When survival requires becoming someone new, is the woman you leave behind the real one, or the lie? 🕵️─────────────────────────────📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchasehttps://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF includedhttps://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — EPUB + PDF includedhttps://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales/e/532495Both formats included — EPUB for Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books · PDF for tablets.─────────────────────────────❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus contenthttps://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time supporthttps://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales🎧 Spotify — follow the showhttps://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEseXIMbMt2NTI7oHy?si=FY8mgTx1SDqBdR7CJgymGw🎧 Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848📚 Children's Book — Sherlock Paws and the Diamond of the Nilehttps://amzn.to/3MRzLNq─────────────────────────────🧾 CREDITSWritten by Nocturnal Tales. Narrated by Nocturnal Tales.🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDSgolden age mystery audiobook, Veronica Lakewood origin story, Paris 1920s mystery, Madame Valenne prequel, Hotel Saint-James mystery, stolen jewels false identity, femme fatale mystery audiobook, Dolores Vega Paris nightclub, woman on the run mystery, reinvention and survival story, opera box mystery, Parc Monceau Paris mystery, classic mystery audiobook, full-length mystery audiobook, golden age femme fatale