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The Black Terrorist

The Black Terrorist
  • Author(s): Tierno Monénembo
  • Location(s): Guinea, France
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

The Black Terrorist is a fictional account built around the true, extraordinary, but little-known story of Addi BA. Addi BA was born in Guinea about 1916, brought to France in the late 1930s, and became a riflemen in the...

The Blue Room

The Blue Room
  • Author(s): Georges Simenon
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

Vain, womanising Tony and passionate, manipulative Andree met eight times in eleven months in the blue room at the Hotel des Voyageurs for afternoons of abandoned love. For Tony the conversation that last time was just the casual, almost...

The Book of Lost Fragrances

The Book of Lost Fragrances
  • Author(s): M J Rose
  • Location(s): Egypt, France, Tibet
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Various

A Secret Worth Dying For… Jac L’Etoile has always been haunted by visions of the past, her earliest memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up with as the heir to a storied French perfume company. These...

The Book of Proper Names

The Book of Proper Names
  • Author(s): Amélie Nothomb, Shaun Whiteside (translator)
  • Location(s): France, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From France’s ‘literary lioness’ (Elle), The Book of Proper Names is the story of the hapless orphan girl, Plectrude. Raised by her aunt, and unaware of the dark secret behind her past, she is a troubled but dreamy child...

The Bookseller

The Bookseller
  • Author(s): Mark Pryor
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Max—an elderly Paris bookstall owner—is abducted at gunpoint. His friend, Hugo Marston, head of security at the US embassy, looks on helplessly, powerless to do anything to stop the kidnapper. Marston launches a search, enlisting the help of semiretired CIA agent...

The Bordeaux Book Club

The Bordeaux Book Club
  • Author(s): Gillian Harvey
  • Location(s): Bordeaux
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Love books? The Bordeaux Book Club is seeking new members! When Leah and her husband moved to France, it was with the dream of becoming self-sufficient. But in truth, it’s not the ‘good life’ she’d imagined, as three hours...

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity
  • Author(s): Robert Ludlum
  • Location(s): Paris, Zurich
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

The first in the Bourne trilogy. (From the back cover): He has no past. And he may not have a future. All he knows is that he was fished out of the Mediterranean, his body riddled with bullets. Evidence...

The Boyfriend

The Boyfriend
  • Author(s): Michelle Frances
  • Location(s): Val d'Isere
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller

He loves you. He loves you not. Amy is fiercely independent, with a high-powered career, a flat of her own and tight-knit friendships. But as she approaches her thirtieth birthday, she can’t help but rue the one thing she...

The Brave Daughters

The Brave Daughters
  • Author(s): Mary Wood
  • Location(s): England, France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

A moving and emotional family drama set between France and Britain from bestselling author, Mary Wood. They would fight for their country, at all costs . . . When Sibbie and Marjie arrive at RAF Digby, they are about...

The Brittany Murders

The Brittany Murders
  • Author(s): Anne Penketh
  • Location(s): Brittany
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Brittany Murder Mysteries Book 1 Escape to France for your new favourite cozy murder mystery series! Jennifer and her family are starting their new life in a small village in Brittany. The views are stunning, the bread is amazing,...

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