{"product_id":"murder-in-paris-68-a-true-story-of-death-and-glamour","title":"Murder in Paris '68 : A True Story of Death and Glamour","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward Chisholm | Paperback | April 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In this remarkable book, utterly gripping over 400 pages, high-end novelised non-fiction takes a big leap forward' MAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a stylish, intelligent page-turner, as gripping as a thriller film script' THE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's a hell of a story... The Talented Mr Ripley meets the Nouvelle Vague. A masterclass in narrating' THE TELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Comprehensive...engaging...polished' \u003ci\u003eTHE SPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Evocative, gripping and beautifully written. I've recommended this book to everyone I know' EMERALD FENNELL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Highly original, atmospheric and brilliantly conceived, \u003ci\u003eMurder in Paris '68\u003c\/i\u003e, a true story, reads like a tremendous thriller: fascinating, disturbing and shrewdly compelling.' WILLIAM BOYD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'A magnificent read' LAWRENCE OSBORNE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Waiter In Paris\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1960s Paris, the high-life and the low-life go hand in hand. It is a time of glamour, sports cars, casinos and night clubs with a cast of actresses, petty criminals, high-level gangsters and compromised politicians. And with French cinema taking the world by storm, the man at the dark heart of it all is an enigmatic film star dubbed 'the most beautiful man in the world'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWith a shady past and a taste for bad company, Alain Delon lives on the edge. But when a dead body turns up in the outskirts of Paris that turns out to be his associate, Stevan, questions begin to be asked. That Delon shot to stardom playing the stylish and murderous Tom Ripley does not go unnoticed. Is art imitating life or is life imitating art? And who killed Stevan Markovic?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEdward Chisholm, author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eA Waiter In Paris\u003c\/i\u003e submerses the reader into the city's demimonde and draws us intimately into events as they unfold. And as we inhabit the lives of the players in this extraordinary true-life drama, we witness what became to be known as The Markovic Affair from the inside, as it spirals out of control and not only pulls down Alain Delon but everyone in his orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor fans of Patrick Radden Keefe, David Grann and Philippe Sands, \u003c\/i\u003eA Murder In Paris '68\u003ci\u003e may be the best non-fiction you read this year.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An engrossing book. Through the story of a murder, it takes us back to Paris in the 1960s. As in \u003ci\u003eA Waiter in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward Chisholm pierces the glitter to find the city's seamy underside. And unlike the police of the time, he seems to have cracked the case.' SIMON KUPER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tremendous achievement, genre-defining, sexy, supple, scary. Chisholm gets us into the heads of all the characters, with the noir of Ripley and the street style and ineffable cool of New Wave.' JASON SOLOMONS, film critic and producer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4 mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col pb-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pb-0 mb-0 subcategory-data--label\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEdward 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. 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