Leviatempo

One of the 10 most successful authors in France, with 500,000 copies sold annually. In Belle Époque Paris, Guy de Timée is a successful novelist experiencing the drama of the blank page. Seeking inspiration for a noir novel, he leaves home, leaving his wife and daughter, and takes up residence in the attic of a brothel in the heart of the city. The Boudoir de soi is a respectable house frequented by the Parisian upper middle class, and Guy soon befriends the residents. One night, one of the young prostitutes is found dead next to the brothel; horribly doubled over, sweating blood, and with her eyes completely black. Aided by the courtesan Faustine and the complexed Inspector Perotti, Guy takes on a violent and bloody investigation that leads to other murders and bodies found in similar conditions. Could it be the work of the Devil? What dark purpose does this murderer of women have? From the esoteric circles of the City of Light to the architectural wonders of the 1900 Universal Exhibition, Leviathan is a surprising novel in which the protagonist, in trying to follow in the footsteps of Arthur Conan Doyle, ends up becoming a kind of Sherlock Holmes himself.