Publiée en 1890, cette monographie décrit le tracé de la Bièvre tel que Huysmans avait pu l’observer lors de ses promenades, mais qui était déjà en train de disparaître sous l’effet des travaux d’assainissement qui firent totalement disparaître la rivière du paysage parisien. La Bièvre est ici le symbole d’un Paris pauvre, sale et opprimé, mais qui, selon l’esthétique de la laideur propre à Huysmans, n’est pas dépourvu de beauté ni de noblesse. Elle reflète également le changement de Paris...

A new and expanded edition with artwork created specially for this volume! Juliet, a penniless American art student, travels to the city of light to study painting. To pay her way, she paints portraits of wealthy debutantes. One of her subjects is Deborah, a young English woman suffocated by the narrow expectations of her aristocratic family. Juliet is equally confined by the rigid academic structure of her art education and finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Deborah. Juliet and Deborah's...

PARIS, DEBUT DU XXe SIECLE.Les messieurs ont de fières moustaches, des chapeaux melons ; les dames portent des corsets, des jupons, des bottines à boutons. Déjà, de rutilants tacots pétaradent parmi les fiacres le long des Grands Boulevards aux immeubles haussmanniens. Mais ce n'est pas le Paris de la Belle Époque tel que nous l'entendons : la tour Eiffel est en bois blanc, les sirènes ont investi la Seine, les farfadets, le bois de Vincennes, des chats-ailés discutent philosophie e...

Why is Friday the 13th a bad omen? What happened to the Templars' curse? Who discovered the Philosopher’s Stone?Where in Paris can you find a “little Italy,” tastes of Morrocco, and pieces of Hogwarts? Where is a unicorn hidden in plain sight? And a magical cat fishing with its paws?And finally – what about the best cafés and restaurants where you can try the most delicious food?Step beyond the tourist trails into a world of mysteries, legen...

A magical, mischievous mystery perfect for fans of Douglas Adams and Ben AaronovitchHow do you stop a demon invasion... when you don't believe in magic?Inspector Nick Paris is a man of logic and whisky. So staring down at the crucified form of a murder victim who is fifteen centimetres tall leaves the seasoned detective at a loss and the dead fairy is only the beginning.Suddenly the inspector is offering political asylum to dwarves, consu...

'A moving novel of strength and resistance in the face of evil but also an inspiring journey of resilience after loss' Erin LittekenParis, 1940: Two sisters separated by the Nazis… After a devastating attack, Justine and Ève Beaufort find themselves on opposite sides of the war, both in their beloved Paris. But can they ever find their way back to each other?It was the day that changed everything. When the Nazis broke into our home, destroying everything, takin...

When the victim is fifteen centimetres tall and has wings, even a hardened detective knows this case won't follow the rules.Inspector Nick Paris believes in facts, not fairytales. But when a murdered fairy turns up in the middle of Manchester, he's dragged into a hidden world of magic, mayhem, and mythical creatures with attitude problems. Soon he's sheltering dwarves, dodging demons, and trying not to take career advice from a chain-smoking, talking crow.As the barriers be...

Inspector Nick Paris is back in this magical crime mystery perfect for fans of Douglas Adams and Ben Aaronovitch.Inspector Nick Paris, now also known as 'the one who stopped the demons', has become an unlikely celebrity in the magical world. He is desperate to return to tackling more ordinary crimes on his home turf of Manchester.However, the fates aren't in his favour when he is called upon again by his more unusual police colleagues to solve a gruesome ...

Paris, 1942: Two sisters in Paris had their lives torn apart. Now they must choose – save themselves, or fight the Nazis to the very end…I’d given up everything to fight for the Resistance. But nothing prepared me for discovering my sister was a traitor. Kept by a Nazi SS officer, outwardly she barely resembles my beloved Justine anymore.But I guessed her secret. About her beautiful, fragile little child. The baby she’ll do anything to protect. And I believ...

There’s a reason why you should not try not to underestimate the quiet kid or the quiet guy, you know the one that seems to mean no harm and minds his business because sometimes, that is the one scheming and plotting on levels beyond the average human capability.Dan is that kid. He disappears into the background like a dull wallpaper. By day and more often by night, he works behind the polished mahogany bar of the La Meride, one of the most exclusive hotels in the city. A place whe...

THE NOVELIST KILLS BY THE BOOKFor Commandant Camille Verhœven life is beautiful. He is happily married and soon to become a father.HE'S ALWAYS ONE CHAPTER AHEADBut his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. When his team discovers that the killer has form - and each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel - the Parisian press are quick to coin a nickname . . . The Novelist.HE HATES...

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT HER IS WRONGIn kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. Alex Prévost - beautiful, resourceful, tough - may be no ordinary victim, but her time is running out.Commandant Camille Verhoeven and his detectives have nothing to go on: no suspect, no lead, rapidly diminishing hope. All they know is that a girl was snatched off the streets of Paris and bund...