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The Committed

The Committed
  • Author(s): Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1981

The long-awaited new novel from one of America’s most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and...

The Corpse with the Amber Neck

The Corpse with the Amber Neck
  • Author(s): Cathy Ace
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(The Cait Morgan Mysteries Book 15) It’s April in Paris, and Cait Morgan’s just completed a stint as a visiting professor of criminal psychology at the Sorbonne. Her husband, retired homicide detective Bud Anderson, has joined her, but –...

The Corpse with the Silver Tongue

The Corpse with the Silver Tongue
  • Author(s): Cathy Ace
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the south of France where hatred simmers in the heat, a man seemingly admired, and certainly feared, drops dead at a dinner party. All of the guests fall under suspicion, including Welsh-Canadian professor Cait Morgan. A criminologist who...

The Corsican Caper

The Corsican Caper
  • Author(s): Peter Mayle
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When billionaire Francis Reboul finds himself on the wrong side of a Russian tycoon, he’s fortunate to have vacationing friends Sam Levitt and Elena Morales on hand to help him out. Now it’s up to Sam–who’s saved Reboul’s neck...

The Corsican Woman

The Corsican Woman
  • Author(s): Madge Swindells
  • Location(s): Corsica
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

Set on the island of Corsica during the Second World War, The Corsican Woman is a stunning novel of passion and revenge. When the beautiful Sybilia is married off to the son of her town’s leader, she soon discovers...

The Curse of La Fontaine

The Curse of La Fontaine
  • Author(s): M L Longworth
  • Location(s): Aix-en-Provence
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Food and Drink
  • Era(s): Modern

Provençal Mystery Series #6 Chef Sigisbert “Bear” Valets has just opened his own restaurant, La Fontaine, in Aix-en-Provence. It’s an immediate success—glowing reviews and a loyal clientele, including our favorite investigative duo, Verlaque and Bonnet. But when he decides to extend...

The Dance Tree

The Dance Tree
  • Author(s): Kiran Millwood Hargrave
  • Location(s): Strasbourg
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1500s

Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and as she is joined by hundreds of others, the authorities...

The Dead Have Lots To Say

The Dead Have Lots To Say
  • Author(s): Anna Redkina
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 2019

In Paris, a bunch of famous dead people from various eras come back to life to meddle with today’s Parisians. Victor Hugo has a heated argument about love, Jim Morrison mocks a tattooed vegan, Marquis de Sade seeks punishment...

The Debt To Pleasure

The Debt To Pleasure
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Tarquin Winot – hedonist, food obsessive, ironist and snob – travels a circuitous route from the Hotel Splendide in Portsmouth to his cottage in Provence. Along the way he tells the story of his childhood and beyond through a...

The Devil in Montmartre

The Devil in Montmartre
  • Author(s): Gary Inbinder
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 19th Century

When the mutilated corpse of a beautiful dancer is found in a Montmartre sewer, a nervous public fears that Jack the Ripper has crossed the Channel—but Inspector Achille Lefebvre has his own theories. Amid the hustle and bustle of...

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