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The Guardian of Lies

The Guardian of Lies
  • Author(s): Kate Furnivall
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Eloïse Caussade is a courageous young Frenchwoman, raised on a bull farm near Arles in the Camargue. She idolises her older brother, André, and when he leaves to become an Intelligence Officer working for the CIA in Paris to...

The Gulf of Lions

The Gulf of Lions
  • Author(s): Caitlin Shetterly
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Reconciling with her husband after a betrayal and recovering from a yearlong battle with breast cancer, Alice longs for an escape from the trials of everyday life. When the opportunity arises for a once-in-a-lifetime camping trip across France, she...

The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien

The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien
  • Author(s): Georges Simenon
  • Location(s): Liège, Paris
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Novella
  • Era(s): 20th Century

A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil sketches that had the same leitmotif of hanging. On...

The Healing Knife

The Healing Knife
  • Author(s): S L Russell
  • Location(s): France, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present

To Rachel Keyte death is the enemy. The early loss of her beloved father from heart failure ignited a single-minded determination in her: to save as many patients as she can, and to become a consultant before the age...

The Honeybee Emeralds

The Honeybee Emeralds
  • Author(s): Amy Tector
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Alice Ahmadi has never been certain of where she belongs. When she discovers a famed emerald necklace while interning at a struggling Parisian magazine, she is plunged into a glittering world of diamonds and emeralds, courtesans and spies, and...

The Hotel on the Riviera

The Hotel on the Riviera
  • Author(s): Carol Kirkwood
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

By the sapphire blue waters of the French Riviera, a decades-long secret is about to be revealed… Wayward Greek heiress, Ariana Theodosis, inherits the Hotel du Soleil as part of a mysterious legacy. Captivated by its faded glamour, she...

The House on the Edge of the Cliff

The House on the Edge of the Cliff
  • Author(s): Carol Drinkwater
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s to present

No one else knows what happened that summer. Or so she believes . . . Grace first came to France a lifetime ago. Young and full of dreams of adventure, she met two very different men. She fell under...

The House Swap

The House Swap
  • Author(s): Miranda Rijks
  • Location(s): England, France
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Current Day

Two perfect families. Two beautiful homes. A one-way trip to hell. When two families organise a house swap, it seems like the perfect holiday arrangement. The Browns will exchange their London townhouse for a stunning chateau in the south...

The Housekeeper’s Secret

The Housekeeper’s Secret
  • Author(s): Iona Grey
  • Location(s): Northern England, North East France
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1911, WW1

Duty, desire, and deception reside under one roof. Standing in the remote windswept moors of Northern England, Coldwell Hall is the perfect place to hide. For the past five years, Kate Furniss has maintained her professional mask so carefully...

The Hundred-Foot Journey

The Hundred-Foot Journey
  • Author(s): Richard C Morais
  • Location(s): Paris, French Alps, Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

“Slumdog Millionaire meets Ratatouille” (The New York Times Book Review) in this “delicious fairytale-like read” (NPR) about family, nationality, and the mysteries of good taste. Born above his grandfather’s modest restaurant in Mumbai, Hassan Haji first experienced life through...

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