Paul Lazar

In La Maison du péril, the France Télévisions adaptation of Peril at End House for the TV series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie, M. Paul Lazar is the parallel of Jim Lazarus. He is a godfather of Joséphine de Vilmarais, the Nick Buckley parallel and during the events in the episode he is a house guest at the house owned by Joséphine's family. Paul Lazar is portrayed by Éric Naggar.

Like Jim Lazarus, Paul is also a dealer, in this case, in antiques. He is however not closely associated with any woman in the group, not Eléonore, the Magdala Buckley parallel, nor Suzanne who can be considered a vague Freddie Rice parallel. In various scenes, he is seen conducting secret searches in the house and referring to a small notebook. He also tries to persuade Joséphine to sell the house to him. Like Jim Lazarus, it is later revealed that he is after something valuable. In his case, it is not a painting, but a precious gemstone, the "Eye of Horus", supposedly stolen from Egypt by Joséphine's grandfather, the archaeologist named Théophile de Vilmarais. Èmile Lampion, in searching the belongings of the various residents in the house, found and confiscated the notebook. It belonged to Joséphine's father who had also spent most of his life searching for the gem believed to be hidden in the house.