Her characters, Devaux and Faraday, are so well-developed and their world so well-built, the reader is led to complete satisfaction with the story, and eager for the next installment of this trilogy. This book’s violence and intimate moments are toned down from the first book, and she handles the political arena with finesse, weaving the emotional impact this festering climate had upon the upper class, as well as the degenerative criminals. “Fey slays, once again, and renders a reader utterly gobsmacked at the sheer brilliance of the prose, which is reminiscent of classic literary writers like Mary Shelley, Victor Hugo, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Historical Novel Company awarded it a 5 star review and awarded it the Bronze Medal for best mystery of 2022. But as he struggles with his own horrific past, Devaux is reluctant to accept her help - because he’s falling in love with her.
Help comes from unlikely sources: a crime lord, a clairvoyant, a crazy woman who feeds the cemetery cats, and an old friend from the Foreign Legion.ĭevaux’s calm harbor amid chaos is his friendship with the talented, beautiful American artist, Theodora Faraday. But is it a crime of politics or a crime of passion? As death follows death, Devaux traces their tangled threads from the privileged classes to the seamy Paris underworld. In the midst of the infamous Dreyfus Affair, as anti-Semitic riots erupt all over Paris, Inspecteur Michel Devaux has a baffling murder to solve. Paris 1898 - the fin de siècle, a turbulent era when passions run as high as prejudice. Who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
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