By Way of Paris: a novel

Luke's life in North Carolina is miserable until he goes to London for a writing program, but his dream trip derails when he discovers a body and is blackmailed into hiding the evidence. He befriends Shane, a gang leader, and shadows a band of criminals as research for his manuscript, but this new world is filled with violence and toxic masculinity, which strains his academic career and eventually leads him into the London underworld. When friends start dying and detectives begin calling, Luke is forced back to France, realizing that he's not the hero of his own story and searching for an ending that could free his friends from Shane.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 26 November 2024
Publisher: Collective Ink

Luke's life in North Carolina is less than ideal, but things begin to improve when he travels to London for a writing program. However, his dream trip takes a turn for the worse when he discovers a body at a party and is blackmailed into hiding the evidence. Arriving in London, Luke decides to focus on writing a novel to help him move on from the Paris catastrophe. He befriends Shane, a gang leader, and shadows a band of criminals as research for his manuscript. Luke finds a family with the young gang, but the world of crime is filled with violence and toxic masculinity, which threatens his academic career and draws him deeper into the London underworld. As friends start dying and detectives begin calling, Luke realizes that he is not the hero of his own story and must find a way to bring justice to the murder that occurred in Paris.

Weight: 328g
Dimension: 141 x 217 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803416083