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City of Light, City of Poison US Biography rather than for print publicationIn the late 1600s, Louis XIV assigns Nicolas de la Reynie to bring order to Paris after the brutal deaths of two magistrates. Reynie, pragmatic and fearless, discovers a network of witches, poisoners, and priests whose reach extends all the way to the king's court at Versailles. Based on court transcripts and Reynie's compulsive note taking, Holly Tucker's engrossing true crime narrative makes the characters breathe on the page as she follows the