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The Devil’s Crossing

The Devil’s Crossing
  • Author(s): Hana Cole
  • Location(s): Chartres, Cairo, Marseilles (Marseille), Sicily
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Thirteenth Century CE

Gui is a troubled priest who has been shielding his secret family for years. Agnes, his beloved, is a falsely-accused heretic he rescued from the Inquisition’s pyre. Their son Etienne, unaware of his father’s true identity, is coming of...

The Devil’s Point

The Devil’s Point
  • Author(s): Tom Becket
  • Location(s): South West France
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary and WW2

Jews in South West France are being hunted. As the Nazis close in, a desperate man leaves a coded message for his son Eighty years later, powerful men will do anything to prevent the deciphering of this message. Former...

The Devil’s Banker

The Devil’s Banker
  • Author(s): Edward Subut
  • Location(s): Paris, Washington DC
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Current

Read the riveting story of the man who, almost single-handedly, crippled ISIS in 2019! Unbeknownst to all but a few, CIA analyst John Quirston, a Marine veteran maimed in an explosion at the Baghdad morgue, stubbornly aches towards his...

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau
  • Author(s): Graeme Macrae Burnet
  • Location(s): North East France
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From the author of the Man Booker shortlisted His Bloody Project. Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress...

The Dragonfly

The Dragonfly
  • Author(s): Kate Dunn
  • Location(s): Paris, Burgundy-Franche-Comté
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Dragonfly offers an enchanting account of the relationship between a middle-aged Englishman, Colin and his French granddaughter, Delphine, who are thrown together when her mother is killed. A complicated and unhappy family history haunts this unlikely couple on...

The Dream Hunters Of Corsica

The Dream Hunters Of Corsica
  • Author(s): Dorothy Carrington
  • Location(s): Corsica
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction, Mythology
  • Era(s): N/A

The dream-hunters,or mazzeri,are unknown outside Corsica and probably date from pre-historic times.At night they go hunting-or dream they do so-and kill an animal,in whom they recognise a human face.The next day they announcethe death,which always takes place within a...

The Dressmaker’s Gift

The Dressmaker’s Gift
  • Author(s): Fiona Valpy
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Paris, 1940. With the city occupied by the Nazis, three young seamstresses go about their normal lives as best they can. But all three are hiding secrets. War-scarred Mireille is fighting with the Resistance; Claire has been seduced by...

The Eater Guide to PARIS (Eater City Guide)

The Eater Guide to PARIS (Eater City Guide)
  • Author(s): Eater, Lindsey Tramuta
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink
  • Era(s): 2020s

The Eater Guide to Paris is your go-to source for getting immersed in Paris’ iconic dining culture. Offering context on how the local scene has been shaped by history, immigration, agriculture, and tradition, this guide offers vibrant, incomparable insight...

The Egyptian Assassin

The Egyptian Assassin
  • Author(s): Ezzedine C Fishere
  • Location(s): Afghanistan, Egypt, France, The Sudan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

A lifetime ago, Fakhreddin had been an idealistic young lawyer, seeking to fight corruption from his modest quarter of Cairo. Then, a botched attempt on his life forced him to flee the country, propelling him on a wild journey...

The End Of Summer

The End Of Summer
  • Author(s): Charlotte Philby
  • Location(s): Cape Cod, Languedoc Roussillon, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Your mother is not who you think she is… When the phone rings in Judy McVee’s Languedoc farmhouse, she knows her past has finally caught up with her. It’s her daughter, frantically asking why there are journalists on her...

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