April in Paris: A Novel

A transatlantic novel for fans of A.S. Byatt and Don DeLillo.

Shaun is an American professor enjoying his sabbatical—and his substantial inheritance—in Paris, until one night when he is startled awake by a nightmare. His attempts to decipher the dream lead him to a New York murder trial that occurred in 1916 in the Bronx.

Upon discovering that the murder took place in the basement of his father's childhood apartment building and having no recollection of being told about it in his boyhood...