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Skin Deep

Skin Deep
  • Author(s): Antonia Lassa
  • Location(s): Biarritz, Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When police arrest eccentric loner Émile Gassiat for the murder of a wealthy woman in a shabby seaside apartment in Biarritz, Inspector Canonne is certain he has put the killer behind bars. Now he just needs to prove it....

Spies of the Balkans

Spies of the Balkans
  • Author(s): Alan Furst
  • Location(s): Balkans, Paris, Thessaloniki (Salonika)
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

Salonika 1940, Constantine Zannis the central character, policeman working on sensitive cases. As the war draws closer he becomes more involved in spying and Allied agent. He assists in the escape of Jews from Germany, to Turkey, and to...

Standing Heavy

Standing Heavy
  • Author(s): Frank Wynne (Translator), Gauz
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): 1960s to present day

Initially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard’s smile. The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not shoplift. Babies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he does not drag babies to the sales. The...

The Bones of Paris

The Bones of Paris
  • Author(s): Laurie R King
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1929

Paris, 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, the assignment is a private investigator’s dream – he’s getting paid to troll the cafes and bars of Montparnasse, looking for a pretty young woman. The missing person in question is Philippa Crosby, a...

The Book of Salt

The Book of Salt
  • Author(s): Monique Truong
  • Location(s): Belley, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s, 1930s

Saigon in the 20s, Paris in the 30s, this is the story of loss and exile. Paris in the household of Gertrude Stein, and Saigon the homeland. A touchingly evocative novel.

The Cult of Nostalgia

The Cult of Nostalgia
  • Author(s): Bruce Bruschi
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s, 1960s, modern

Carly, a ditsy life-coach with no clue of how to coach anyone, including herself, dashes to Paris to confront her ex-boyfriend who is honeymooning with a member of the Morningside cult and who has stolen Carly’s great-uncle’s diary.

The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris

The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris
  • Author(s): Chris Ewan (C M Ewan)
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Humour
  • Era(s): Modern

Charlie Howard – mystery writer and professional thief – is flush with the success of his Paris book reading when he agrees to show a novice the basics of the trade by breaking into the man’s own apartment. Trouble...

The House In Paris

The House In Paris
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Bowen
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th Century looking back

When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers’ residence in Paris, little does she know what fascinating secrets the house itself contains. Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold, an intense child who has come to Paris...

The Ingredients of Love

The Ingredients of Love
  • Author(s): Nicolas Barreau
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The day begins like any other Saturday for beautiful Parisian restaurateur Aurélie Bredin, until she wakes up to find her apartment empty – her boyfriend gone off with another woman. Heartbroken, Aurélie walks the streets of Paris in the...

The Ladies’ Paradise

The Ladies’ Paradise
  • Author(s): Emile Zola
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Later 19th Century

Encapsulating, with luxurious detail, the phenomenon of consumer society, obsessed with image, fashion and instant gratification. The Ladies’Paradise depicts the growth of capitalism through the workings of a new economic entity, the department store. The novel centres around the...

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