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THE COCOA GIRLS

THE COCOA GIRLS
  • Author(s): Annie Doyle
  • Location(s): Gateshead, London, New York City (NYC), Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 19th and early 20th centuries

Gateshead, 1903 – four-year old Evie’s world crumbles when her grandmother dies. Evie’s unmarried mother Margaret and Aunt Dinah discover their mother’s death has left them deeply in debt to their vicious aunt. She orders the sisters into service...

The Coming Darkness

The Coming Darkness
  • Author(s): Greg Mosse
  • Location(s): North Africa, Paris
  • Genre(s): Dystopian, Thriller

A thrilling debut that has been likened to John Le Carré and Raymond Chandler… Paris, 2037. Alexandre Lamarque of the French external security service is hunting for eco-terrorists. Experience has taught him there is no one he can trust...

The Committed

The Committed
  • Author(s): Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1981

The long-awaited new novel from one of America’s most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and...

The Corpse with the Amber Neck

The Corpse with the Amber Neck
  • Author(s): Cathy Ace
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(The Cait Morgan Mysteries Book 15) It’s April in Paris, and Cait Morgan’s just completed a stint as a visiting professor of criminal psychology at the Sorbonne. Her husband, retired homicide detective Bud Anderson, has joined her, but –...

The Dead Have Lots To Say

The Dead Have Lots To Say
  • Author(s): Anna Redkina
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 2019

In Paris, a bunch of famous dead people from various eras come back to life to meddle with today’s Parisians. Victor Hugo has a heated argument about love, Jim Morrison mocks a tattooed vegan, Marquis de Sade seeks punishment...

The Devil in Montmartre

The Devil in Montmartre
  • Author(s): Gary Inbinder
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 19th Century

When the mutilated corpse of a beautiful dancer is found in a Montmartre sewer, a nervous public fears that Jack the Ripper has crossed the Channel—but Inspector Achille Lefebvre has his own theories. Amid the hustle and bustle of...

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 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 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...

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