Louis Bayard

The Black Tower LP Louis Bayard

From Louis Bayard, the acclaimed author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye, comes The Black Tower, a stunning and pitch-perfect novel featuring the real-life criminal who transformed himself into the world?s first and greatest detective. In The Black Tower, Bayard deftly interweaves political intrigue, epic treachery, cover-ups, and conspiracies into a gripping portrait of family redemption?and brings to life an indelible portrait of the mighty and profane Eugène François Vidocq, history?s legendary investigator.