A story-within-a-story explores the complex friendship between two Americans in Paris, Darren Swenson, who is world-weary and HIV-positive, and the author himself, Philippe Tapon, who agrees to write Darren's life story

A Parisian from Kansas

Literature & Fiction

Tapon, Philippe

Literary

Plume

Set in warravaged 1943 Paris, a darkly erotic tale follows the story of Simone, the nurse and mistress of a doctor who is implicated in the death of a Nazi and whose family is also plotting against him. Reprint.

The Mistress

Genre Fiction

A first novel explores the complex friendship between two Americans in Paris, Darren Swenson, who is world-weary and HIV-positive, and the author himself, Philippe Tapon, who agrees to write Darren's life story.

United States

Dutton Penguin Group

Set in war-ravaged 1943 Paris, a darkly erotic tale follows the story of Simone, the nurse and mistress of a doctor who is implicated in the death of a Nazi and whose family is also plotting against him. 10,000 first printing.

Dutton Adult

The Mistress: Library Edition

Blackstone Pub

Action & Adventure

Blackstone Audiobooks

She is called Simone. She is the illicit lover of Dr. Emile Bastien, who practices medicine on the rue de Maubeuge, treating Parisians and Germans alike. However, Simone is more than his mistress--she is the guardian of all of his most dangerous family secrets. Still, there is one secret the mistress has not been let in on: an ingenious scheme that arouses her suspicions even as others plot to keep it from her at all costs. The mistress retaliates by hatching a plan of her own involving a guilt-ridden SS officer, a suspicious death, and a chilling interrogation. But an unexpected reversal of fortune leads to a confrontation that will have consequences no one could have planned. Set in a hothouse atmosphere of growing paranoia with stunning twists and turns, this tour de force will haunt you long after the fiendishly clever denouement.

The Mistress Lib/E

Blackstone Publishing

Tells the story of Simone, the nurse and mistress of a doctor who is implicated in the death of a Nazi and whose family is also plotting against him

Wheeler Pub Inc

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A Parisian from Kansas

The Mistress

A Parisian from Kansas

The Mistress

The Mistress: Library Edition

The Mistress

The Mistress

The Mistress Lib/E

The Mistress