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.