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Paris during the World's Fair in 1889 was a sight to behold -- the new and stridently protested Eiffel Tower, the scandalous Cancan performed on the streets, and cafés filled with anarchists, dissidents, artists, and poets... It was also a city under siege as the influenza epidemic spread among the residents while anarchists used violence and bombs to achieve their ends. And it's to Paris that Nellie Bly, the world's first female investigative reporter, travels to find a killer.

Product Description: With a feisty heroine at its heart, this novel is based on real-life character Nellie Bly, America's first female investigative reporter who became famous for her flamboyant style and her record-breaking trip around the world. Paris 1889. The Alchemist is how I've come to think of him; he has a passion for the dark side of knowledge, mixing murder and madness with science. Nellie Bly -- reporter, feminist and amateur detective -- is in Paris on the trail of an enigmatic killer. The city is a dangerous place: an epidemic of Black Fever rages, anarchists plot to overthrow the government and a murderer preys on the prostitutes who haunt the streets of Montmartre. But it is also a city of culture, a magnet for artists and men of science and letters. Can the combined genius of Oscar Wilde, Jules Verne and Louis Pasteur help Nellie prove a match for Jack the Ripper?

(Source: Forge Books)