# Romans de la nuit / Novels of the Night

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Frédéric Dard
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A chilling 1950s suspense story of youthful naivety, dark obsession--and the slippery slope to murder Bored with her mundane factory job, her nagging mother, and her alcoholic father-in-law, 17-year-old Louise Lacroix is captivated by a glamorous American couple who moves to her industrial hometown in Northern France. The Roolands' home is an island of color, good humor, and easy living in drab 1950s L�opoldville--a place straight out of Louise's dreams. Louise is thrilled when she successfully convinces the couple to hire her as their maid. But once she is under their roof, their model life starts to fall apart. Painful secrets from their past emerge, cracks in their relationship appear, and a dark obsession begins to grow . . .
Genres: FranceNoirCrimeMysteryThrillerFictionClassicsMystery Thriller
160 Pages

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