Monsieur: Or, The Prince of Darkness

From France to Egypt, a man and his lovers are invented and reinvented in the first Avignon Quintet novel from the New York Times–bestselling author.

For British doctor Bruce Drexel, a return to Provence is bittersweet. Here, at a rustic chateau, he once fell in love with Sylvie, the Frenchwoman who would become his wife, and befriended her brother, Piers. The three made up a peculiar, potent ménage for years until Sylvie's descent into madness and Piers's suicide. As Drexel attends to Piers...