The White Angel dresses in Black

“He took me into the black chamber. There were winches and pulleys. I thought of the aerial grace of the trapeze artists decorating the gallery on the first floor and understood why Pascal was always making those crazy allusions to the Circus.”
Around Luc, a well-known photographer, dances a ballet of friends and lovers orchestrated by the creative impulses and erotic fantasies of the artist.
An eccentric microcosm of life which turns to drama on the arrival of Clara, the white angel. For Luc both fascinates and dominates her, Maxime loves her and one night Blanche is strangled in the black chamber.
Although madness is the central theme this is a novel where love plays a redeeming role.

The White Angel dresses in Black is Jeanne Faivre d'Arcier's fifth book and first thriller.