Blanche ou la triple contrainte de l'enfer

Synopsis of Blanche ou la triple contrainte de l'enfer

«Blanche ou la triple contrainte de l'enfer», by Hervé Jubert, is the mystery and fantasy novel in paperback from Albin Michel (441 pages, in French).

Paris, 1870, besieged by the Prussian army. Seventeen-year-old Blanche stays with her uncle Gaston, a police commissioner. The appearance of a corpse with a hidden tattoo and no upper skull starts an investigation; soon the dead marked with tattoos multiply. Blanche turns to science, black magic and drugs to solve the enigma in an adventure between crime and fantasy.

First installment of the «Blanche Paichain» saga.

Aimed at readers aged 12 and up, with a mix of mystery, history and fantasy close to steampunk.