A Girl Called Flotsam

Author(s): John Tagholm

Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille), London, Paris

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

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For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Joanne Harris and William Boyd. Beatrice Palmentier is 36, an award-winning director. And discontent. She is about to make a documentary on world-famous restaurateur Joseph Troumeg, when the discovery of a skull on the Thames’ riverbank throws her off course. Wartime Paris and contemporary London feature in this page-turning novel which is both a captivating love story and a compelling mystery.

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