Bibliography of Viviane Janouin-Benanti 
CRIMINAL NOVELS
Books currently available in English:
The Paris Train Killer
A daring criminal terrorizes train passengers on the Paris-Mulhouse railway line in mid-19th century France.
A dazzling life, fascinating characters…
Hop aboard and immerse yourself in the incredible true story of the Paris Train Killer!
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Poison Flowers
When did things go wrong? When did this perfect housewife decide to start cheating on her husband?
Dive into this fascinating story of love, secrets, and scandal in Bordeaux.
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The Ogre of Hannover Station - Fritz Haarmann
In Hannover, Germany in the early 1920s, there was a rumor that the River Leine was filled with the bodies of dead children.
A serial killer nicknamed the Ogre of Hannover was able to operate in the city, unchecked, for years.
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The Infamous Dandy - Henri Pranzini
This is the true story of Henri Pranzini and Régine de Montille, two fascinating individuals whose colorful lives tragically intersect in Paris in 1887.
This stunning narrative, written in vivid prose, is a true masterpiece of creative nonfiction…
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Beneath the Moor - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley
How Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Became the Moors Murderers…
You’ll hug your children tighter than ever after reading this engrossing version of the story of the Moors Murders.
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A Harrowing True Crime Story
The Poitiers Affair
It was the end of May 1901. Reporters from all over France descended on the small city of Poitiers.
Police had discovered a 52-year-old woman, emaciated, completely naked, making strange noises and uttering incomprehensible words and phrases, in a dark room with the window shutters nailed and locked shut…
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Books in French:
Misha Smile - Mikhail Popkov, tueur en série
In Siberia, an unusual serial killer, a former policeman who wanted to "clean up" his city, would terrorize the city for over 20 years. He confessed to more than 80 murders.
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Couple criminel - Ian Brady et Myra Hindley
Near Manchester, a couple of serial killers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, in search of singularity and fame, will engage in the worst atrocities and perversities.
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Nicolas Rémy
Le Juge de Dieu - Nicolas Rémy, ses sorciers et ses sorcières
In the 16th century, the plague wreaked havoc in France. Throughout the country, accusations of witchcraft led to immediate arrest and often to the death penalty.
In Lorraine, a province in the east of France, Nicolas Rémy was the worst judge…
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Fritz Haarmann
L'ogre de la gare d'Hanovre - Fritz Haarmann
In Hanover, disappearances multiplied at the end of the Great War. The rumor said that children’ bodies were filling the Leine River…
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L'affaire de Nayve
Un marquis si pieux — L'affaire de Nayve
At a time when illegitimate children had no place in the high society of castles —Sidiailles castle, Presle castle— what really happened there?
Does the perfect crime exist?
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Le grenier magique
Dans la ville de Châteauroux, du côté de Saint Maur, le vieux curé Georges était à l’agonie. L’évêché envoya l’abbé Tissier pour le seconder... In the town of Chateauroux, on the side of Saint Maur, the old priest Georges was in agony. The bishop sent the Abbe Tissier to assist him…
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La Séquestrée de Poitiers
A faithful and sensitive evocation of a real fact which was to top of the French judicial chronicle and continues to divide the population of Poitiers beyond time.
Solidly documented work. A thrilling novel, pages of passion, a lot of emotion.
You will never forget Blanche after you close the book.
Third edition of this best-seller, also available in e-book, 16 pages photo book.
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Petites Angevines en danger
So sweet girls…
Pierre is fascinated by them. Obsessed by them…
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L'empoisonneuse à la digitaline
In Bordeaux, the diabolical Gabrielle Benzac was poisoning at will…
A bewitching novel in which Viviane Janouin-Benanti tame words and feelings to infuse us with a breathtaking elsewhere.
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L'enfant assassin, François 12 ans
François, always a child, not even a teenager, how does he become an assassin? And why? You will discover it in this fascinating novel.
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Les diaboliques de Waldighoffen
Waldighoffen, a small town in the Alsatian Haut-Sundgau, nestling between the Jura and the Rhine plain. Two Antony were born there, one was the father, the other the son. Both had a turquoise gaze that seemed to penetrate into the soul…
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Le tueur du Paris-Mulhouse
Bold and elusive, a master in the art of disguise, he inspired the character of Fantomas.
A dazzling life, fascinating characters…
We're throwing ourselves into this incredible true story.
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Une vierge assassinée
Namur, Antwerp, Calais, three key cities of an incredible criminal case.
Everything happens between Antoine and Marie, two exceptional beings that life has matured before age... When the heart ignites to the height of paroxysm, how do we count what is too much and retain what is good?
This intrigue, beautifully written, keeps us on our toes until the last word.
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Puissances démoniaques en terre maçonne
In the heart of La Rochelle town, the Labarum sect targeted Freemasons…
This novel is also the story of a handicapped girl… A bewitching book in which we see that love transcends all differences.
Viviane Janouin-Benanti's crystal clear writing sweeps away all misconceptions about disability.
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Le crime de l'Ascension, débauche sur le Don
Bernadette Cessé is going to die, then young Lucas and finally Pierre Lemasson on the night of Ascension. Who is committing these crimes?
A disturbing atmosphere in an ordinary small town near Nantes (France).
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Le meurtrier du mois d'août - Marseil Sabourin
or the falling into the crime of a pedophilia victim.
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La serpe du Maudit, le roman de Pierre Riviere
This novel plunges us into the obsessive universe of Pierre Rivière, the young Norman triple murderer.
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Le Chéri magnifique, Henri Pranzini
When the passion of gambling leads to crime.
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HISTORICAL NOVELS
Trois saisons en enfer
Les possédées de Loudun
In Loudun, a tragedy will take place around Urbain Grandier, the parish priest of Saint-Pierre, in which will meet fascinating figures such as Jeanne des Anges, the superior mother of the Ursulines convent, Father Surin, an enlightened mystic, Father Joseph, the advisor of Richelieu, the fathers Mignon and Tranquille, conscientious exorcists…
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Ils sont venus pour nous - Joseph Boczov et Olga Bancic
Free man, remember Joseph Boczov and Olga Bancic two from the Affiche rouge (Red poster).
Joseph Boczov, of his true name Ferenz Wolf, engineer;
Olga Bancic, a worker, was the mother of a 5-year-old little girl.
They had come on foot from Romania…
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Le double visage du Dr Karl Roos - Guerre de l'ombre en Alsace-Lorraine
An thriling evocation of he shadow struggle between Nazis and Resistance fighters in Alsace-Lorraine on the eve of the World War II.
ery intelligent, more cunning and manipulator than anybody else, the separatist Karl Roos, who became National Socialist, will be the secret weapon of the Third Reich…
With the rise of Nazism, the Alsatian Jews defend themselves with fervour…
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ESSAYS
Suicide : modes de prévention
Preface by Prof. Pierre CÜER
One in ten people think of suicide! Prevent suicide, know how to intervene.
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Sida famille et société
Fundamental ethical issues
Preface by Prof. Jean-Marc ALBY
AIDS doesn't just happen to others! How to deal with the AIDS of your son, husband, sister or father? What are the new relationships inside families and with society?
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