{"product_id":"little-demon-in-the-city-steven-levingston-9780307950307","title":"Little Demon in the City of Light: A True Story of Murder in Belle Époque Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA delicious true crime account of a murder most gallic--think \u003ci\u003eCSI Paris\u003c\/i\u003e meets Georges Simenon--whose lurid combination of sex, brutality, forensics, and hypnotism riveted first a nation and then the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1889, the gruesome murder of a lascivious court official at the hands of a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress launched the trial of the century. When Toussaint-Augustin Gouff  entered 3, rue Tronson du Coudray, expecting a delightful assignation with the comely Gabrielle Bompard, he was instead murdered by Gabrielle and her lover, Michel Eyraud. An international manhunt chased the infamous couple from Paris to America's West Coast, culminating in a sensational trial that investigated the power of hypnosis to possess, control, and even kill. As the inquiry into the guilt or innocence of the woman the French tabloids dubbed the \"Little Demon\" intensified, the most respected minds in France vehemently debated: Was Gabrielle Bompard the pawn of her mesmerizing lover or simply a coldly calculating murderess capable of killing a man in cold blood?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Levingston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307950301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307950307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Steven Levingston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46738974703871,"sku":"9780307950307","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d866798-dec7-4112-aa14-08e995bec604.jpg?v=1743276831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/little-demon-in-the-city-steven-levingston-9780307950307","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}