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The Monte Carlo Connection

The Monte Carlo Connection
  • Author(s): Josie Goodbody
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur), London
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1950s / Contemporary

Diamond detective, Jemima Fox is tasked with hunting down the priceless Vogel Vanderpless diamonds that were stolen in The Diamond Connection by her nemesis Petrina Lindberg. She finds herself caught between searching for half-a-century-year-old stolen jewels and catching a...

The Mystery of Henri Pick

The Mystery of Henri Pick
  • Author(s): David Foenkinos
  • Location(s): Crozon
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

The delightful first title in a new collaboration with Channel 4’s Walter Presents: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected...

The Olive Harvest

The Olive Harvest
  • Author(s): Carol Drinkwater
  • Location(s): Le Cannet
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

The third episode of a bestselling story which began with THE OLIVE FARM,… “The stars shimmer like spilled handfuls of glitter. The day is beginning to rise with a faint mist. As I turn my head, ghostly halos, auras...

The Olive Season

The Olive Season
  • Author(s): Carol Drinkwater
  • Location(s): Le Cannet
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

“I scan the terraces, planted with row upon row of ancient olive trees. It is April, late spring. Here in the hills behind the Cote d’Azur the olive groves are delicately blossomed, with their tiny, white-forked flowers. Beyond them,...

The Other Side of Silence ( Bernie Gunther #11)

The Other Side of Silence ( Bernie Gunther #11)
  • Author(s): Philip Kerr
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 1950s

The French Riviera, 1956. A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge. His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving...

The Painted Girls

The Painted Girls
  • Author(s): Cathy Marie Buchanan
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Turn of the 20th Century

Three sisters, Antoinette, Marie and Charlotte – the story is told from the viewpoint of Antoinette and Marie, the family is without a father, the mother is oftentimes drunk. It revolves around ballet and Marie catches the eye of...

The Paris Architect

The Paris Architect
  • Author(s): Charles Belfoure
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice...

The Paris Dancer

The Paris Dancer
  • Author(s): Nicola Rayner
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2 / 2012

A heart-wrenching and unforgettable story of courage, friendship and resistance, inspired by the incredible true story of a Jewish ballroom dancer in Paris during WWII, perfect for fans of The Paris Library. Paris, 1938. Annie Mayer arrives in France...

The Paris Lawyer

The Paris Lawyer
  • Author(s): Sylvie Granotier
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

As a child, Catherine Monsigny was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now, she is an ambitious rookie attorney in sophisticated modern-day Paris. On the side, she does pro bono work and hits the jackpot: a major felony...

The Paris Muse

The Paris Muse
  • Author(s): Louisa Treger
  • Location(s): Paris, France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s/40s

Living with him was like living at the centre of the universe. It was electrifying and humbling, blissful and destructive, all at the same time.’ Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced...

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