Paris Requiem

Paris,1899. Capital of the crime passionel. The body of a
beautiful young woman is found in the Seine. She is the
performer Olympe Fabre, but she is also Rachel Amhem, a
young Jewish woman, whom gossip, back in Boston, has
linked to the journalist Rafael Norton. James, his elder
brother, is charged with the task of bringing Raf and their
high-spirited though ailing sister, Ellie, home from the hotbed
of vice and murderous entanglements. A gripping period
thriller, Paris requiem has Lisa Appignanesi writing in top,
chilling form.