Sensational: A Historical Thriller in 19th Century Paris

By Jodie Lynn Zdrok

Book Overview

Eighteen-year-old Nathalie Baudin, ever-curious reporter at the Paris morgue, is no stranger to death--even discounting the supernatural visions that give her disturbing glimpses into the minds of killers.

Paris, 1889.

When the Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, Nathalie welcomes a much-needed break from the heartache of her friend's murder. The fair is full of sensational innovations, cultural displays, and marvelous inventions from around the world.

But someone is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the guillotine with a gruesome display of their own: beheaded victims in some of the Exposition's most popular exhibits.

Haunted by the past and burdened with new secrets, Nathalie struggles to use her wits and her gift. Yet she and her friends must stop the killer before the macabre display features one of them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765399717
• ISBN13: 9780765399717
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Tor Teen
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 19 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary