Take a walk on the noir side of Paris

Vic’s idyllic Paris adventure has degenerated into a nightmare, leaving her picking through the rubble. One friend is dead. The other a killer. And Vic is kicking herself for bringing the two together. How did everything spiral out of control? At the heart of the tragedy is Vic’s fascination with her friend’s insatiable sexuality – so unlike her own serial monogamy. Yet Diane’s habit of playfully skipping from one hook-up to the next hides a dark shadow: a trail of secrets so toxic they can barely be mentioned. As Vic struggles to come to terms with her role in the tragedy, she evokes a story of envy, loneliness and fear of missing out, along with some painful self-examination.

City of Dark

The Paris catacombs. The city’s subterranean shadow. Hundreds of kilometers of tunnels. A land of history and legend, where the underground explorer treads a fine line between reality and irreality. Seeking to learn more about the world below the city, Sadiqi stumbles on the impish help of Antonia Corrigan. Not only can the young engineer wend her way through her underground playground with agility, she also knows all the myths and legends that will prove to be the key to unlocking the mysteries. But will her knowledge of the tunnels below ground be enough to stop the mayhem above?

It’s the Paris I love, the Quartier Latin. The story is thrilling, and the characters are well encamped.

Françoise, amazon.fr

Told with some humour. Definitely worth reading.

Greb, on amazon.ca

For adults who would like to share their love of “City of Dark” with a younger audience, “Old Kurt” provides a similar jaunt through the streets of Paris and the tunnels of the catacombs. 12-year-old Ant drags his little brother from Paris to Berlin then back to the catacombs in a fun-filled adventure to rescue his Mum from kidnappers.