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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 Chalet Girl

The Chalet Girl
  • Author(s): Kate Lace
  • Location(s): French Alps
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The ski season. A glamorous world of snowy pistes, gorgeous ski instructors and glittering après-ski nightlife. What’s not to love? Quite a lot, thinks Millie Braythorpe. Four months of endless bed-making and cooking for guests have taken their toll,...

The Chateau

The Chateau
  • Author(s): Catherine Cooper
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), French Alps
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

They thought it was perfect. They were wrong… A glamorous chateau Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened in England. They’ve bought a chateau in France to make a fresh start, and their kids need them to stay...

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 Dying Minutes

The Dying Minutes
  • Author(s): Martin O'Brien
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille)
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1970s

In 1972 a gold bullion convoy is hijacked in Marseilles. The security trucks and hijackers are swiftly rounded up, but a ton of gold has disappeared. More than twenty years later, Daniel Jacquot receives an unexpected gift from an...

The French House

The French House
  • Author(s): Nick Alexander
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

CC is trapped by a job she no longer loves in an unfriendly city. So when her new boyfriend decides it’s time to sell up and move to the South of France, she decides in seconds to change her...

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 Hotel Riviera

The Hotel Riviera
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Adler
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Imagine a sunny sea-lapped cove, gift wrapped in blue and tied with a bow like a Tiffany Box, and you’ll get the feel of my little hotel. It’s a place made for Romance with a capital R. Except for...

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 House With The Lilac Shutters

The House With The Lilac Shutters
  • Author(s): Gabrielle Barnby
  • Location(s): England, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Modern

Irma Lagrasse has taught piano to three generations of villagers, whilst slowly twisting the knife of vengeance; Nico knows a secret; and M. Lenoir has discovered a suppressed and dangerous passion. Revolving around the Café Rose, opposite The House...

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