The Ghosts of Paris: A Novel

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Prolific author Tara Moss’s latest mystery is a complex, multilayered narrative that takes the reader from late 1940s Australia into the war-ravaged city of London with contrasting forays into Paris, France.” —Historical Novel Society Moss gives the reader a fast-paced plot filled with intrigue, some nasty villains and a heart-thumping climax, or two. With mentions of historical period detail, the scarcity of certain commodities, homophobia, sexism and racism, Moss easily evokes the era and ambience of immediate post-war Sydney, London and Paris.

Varenne (line 14, now line 13) reopened on 24 December 1962, followed by the station Bel-Air ( line 6) on 7 January 1963. [6] Rennes ( line 12) and Liège ( line 13) reopened to the public after about 30 years of being closed, on 20 May 1968 and 16 September 1968 respectively. [6] [7] These stations were subject to abbreviated schedules: they closed at 8 PM on weekdays and Saturdays, and did not open on Sundays and holidays. [7] Rennes returned to normal service schedules on 6 September 2004 and Liège, the last station on an abbreviated schedule of the network, returned to normal hours on 4 December 2006. [8] Moss is a dual Australian/Canadian citizen, and divides her time between NSW and Vancouver with her husband and daughter. Visit her at taramoss.comOf all the myths spawned by the Commune and its brutal suppression, the dark legend of the pétroleuses, the women incendiaries accused of torching Paris in the revolution’s dying throes, is perhaps the most preposterous – and the most lasting too. In a narrative shaped by the victorious Versaillais, the women of the Commune became the flipside of the revolution, a perverted version of the breastfeeding Marianne, whose milk turned to petrol. Inside, you’ll find graves of big names like Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Jim Morrison, and Frédéric Chopin.

Wander through the city at night on the Dark Myths & Legends Walking Tour, exploring spots like Ile de la Cite and Ile Saint-Louis, while your local guide spills the beans on Paris’s murkier moments. Moss does a good job portraying how Australian Aboriginals and women were treated at the time…Historical romance fans will find a lot to like.” — Publishers Weekly on The Ghosts of Paris

Prominent Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife murdered at their home

As Billie's search for her client's husband takes her to both the swanky bars at Paris's famous Ritz hotel and to the dank basements of the infamous Paris morgue, she'll need to keep her gun at the ready, because something even more terrible than a few painful memories might be following her around the city of lights ... Billie Walker [is] a tough-talking, glamorous feminist who’s as adept with a pistol as she is on the dance floor, haunted by a tragic past, and unafraid to take on the darkest of foes.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace

In a review of John Merriman’s 2014 book “Massacre: The life and death of the Paris Commune”, The Economist credited the author with focusing “attention on the enormity of the moral outrage perpetrated by a modern state and a supposedly civilised society against its own citizens.” The British weekly added: “In Mr Merriman’s retelling, the Paris Commune is a reminder that the worst villainies are possible once you have dehumanised your opponent.”

Gare du Nord USFRT, the old terminus of line 5 until 1942 and situated on the boulevard de Danain, became a ghost station after the expansion of line 5 to Pantin, which involved the construction of a new station under the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis. It has since served as the center for training RATP drivers. [4] For those who read French and wish to go down an amusing rabbit hole, the Association de Recherches et Enquêtes sur les Phenomènes Inexpliqués (Association of Research and Investigation on Unexplained Phenomena) has published a series of reports (including audio files) on the reported hauntings of the Chateau de Fougeret. The Murdered Wife of the Chateau de Brissac, Loire Valley While it can be read as a standalone, there are many references to the mystery of the first book that the reader would benefit from understanding going into book two. The itinerary covers places where some of the scariest events in the history of the city and France took place.