Murder In Paris '68

‘Evocative, gripping and beautifully written. I’ve recommended this book to everyone I know!’ – Emerald Fennell‘Highly original, atmospheric and brilliantly conceived, Murder in Paris ‘68, a true story, reads like a tremendous thriller: fascinating, disturbing and shrewdly compelling.’ – William Boyd‘Written more like a novel in both spare and fast-moving prose, Chisholm’s gripping book takes us into the heart not just of an era but into the inner world of a single man: Alain Delon. It is, in a way the world depicted in his most iconic film, Melville’s Le Samurai - a world of gangsters, violence and underworld Parisian conspiracies, whose denizens possess their own cold elegance and charisma. Consequently, it’s also a portrait of an entire culture at a single moment in its history, one that is now half-forgotten. A magnificent read.’ – Lawrence Osborne‘Chisholm once again immerses himself in French culture. But this time he approaches his subject as both historian and detective… reconstruct[ing] the texture of Paris in the late 1960s. It’s a hell of a story… The effect is almost cinematic… But this isn’t just high-end true crime. Chisholm has greater ambitions. Murder in Paris ‘68, is a study of doubling and identity, The Talented Mr Ripley meets the Nouvelle Vague. The book is a masterclass in narrating how certain kinds of people and certain kinds of stories come into being.’ * THE TELEGRAPH *‘This is a stylish, intelligent page-turner, as gripping as a thriller film script. Generations who have never heard of Stevan Marković have a lurid mystery to enjoy; for all ages, it is a clever reworking of a great scandal.’ * The Times *‘Stylishly written…Chisholm brings to life the dangerous glamour of the milieu in which Delon lived, a shady demi-monde of criminals, actors, gangsters and corrupt politicians.’ * The Herald *‘In this remarkable book, utterly gripping over 400 pages, high-end novelised non-fiction takes a big leap forward. This astonishing story deserves a lavish TV treatment too in due course. […] A remarkable book about an extraordinary time.’ – Roger Alton * Mail on Sunday *‘A tremendously stylish trip back to late sixties Paris.’ * Strong Words Magazine *‘Enthralling…sensational’ * The Irish Times *‘This is riveting stuff, written in simple but elegant prose that reminded me - stylistically and thematically - of James Ellroy’s non-fiction master-piece My Dark Places. No finer praise.’ * Sunday Independent *

Edward Chisholm was born in Dorset, England, and moved to Paris in 2012 where he worked all manner of low-paid jobs, from waiting and bar work to museum security and market hand, while trying to build a career as a writer. His memoir, A Waiter In Paris has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into several languages.