T.K. Jeffreys writes atmospheric historical fantasy about old cities, hidden rooms and the people who learn to survive inside systems built to use them.

Les Boulevardiers: A Belle Époque Story opens the doors to Olympia, a glittering and dangerous quarter of 1878 Paris. Patrons and thieves, inspectors and occultists move through private clubs and shadowed streets. All mix and are close enough to share secrets and dangerous enough to keep them.

Inspired in part by Edgar Degas’s ballet paintings and sculptures, the novel follows Raquel Leroux from the disciplined world of the stage into La Fleur Bleue, where beauty is business, patronage has teeth and survival can look like grace.