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The Templars’ Last Secret

The Templars’ Last Secret
  • Author(s): Martin Walker
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

In this latest mouthwatering mystery starring country policeman, Bruno, the body of a woman is found outside a cave beneath the ruined Templar chateau of Commarque in the heart of the Dordogne. She died of a broken neck. An...

The Third Girl (Molly Sutton Mysteries Book 1)

The Third Girl (Molly Sutton Mysteries Book 1)
  • Author(s): Nell Goddin
  • Location(s): Dordogne
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery

Meet Molly Sutton, 38 years old and out of work, who moves to a village in France to recover from the end of her marriage. She’s looking for peace, beautiful gardens, and pastry—a slower, safer life than the one...

The Way I Found Her

The Way I Found Her
  • Author(s): Rose Tremain
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

This is the summer that Lewis Little, precocious thirteen-year-old, is spending in Paris with his mother, Alice. Alice is translating the latest medieval romance by Valentina Gavrilovich, the bestselling and exotic Russian émigré, Lewis is there to make his...

The Winner Stands Alone

The Winner Stands Alone
  • Author(s): Paulo Coelho
  • Location(s): Cannes
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

The Winner Stands Alone is the enthralling new novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. The story is set during the Cannes International Film Festival and the entire action plays out over 24 hours. Igor is a wealthy Russian businessman....

The Winter Ghosts

The Winter Ghosts
  • Author(s): Kate Mosse
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1920s onwards

1928 – Frederick Watson crashes his car in a snowstorm in the foothills of the Pyrenees. He believes he hears a woman’s voice: ‘The Winter Ghosts’. He abandons his car and walks down the hillside path to the small...

The Witch of Painted Sorrows

The Witch of Painted Sorrows
  • Author(s): M J Rose
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

Possession. Power. Passion. New York Times bestselling novelist M. J. Rose creates her most provocative and magical spellbinder yet in this gothic novel set against the lavish spectacle of 1890s Belle Époque Paris. Sandrine Salome flees New York for...

The Zahir

The Zahir
  • Author(s): Paulo Coelho
  • Location(s): Central Asia, Croatia, France, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

‘The Zahir’, Paulo Coelho’s new novel begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession. One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has disappeared leaving no trace. Though time brings more...

There’s Something About St Tropez

There’s Something About St Tropez
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Adler
  • Location(s): St Tropez (Saint-Tropez)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Sunny Alvarez’s life is looking decidedly bleak. For what seems like the umpteenth time, her perennial fiance, TV celebrity detective Mac Reilly, has postponed their wedding in favor of a demanding case. Tired of playing second banana to Mac’s...

Thirty-Five Minutes from St Tropez

Thirty-Five Minutes from St Tropez
  • Author(s): Jane Dunning
  • Location(s): Provence, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

On a vineyard in sunny Provence, Richard and Helen make plans to celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary. Meanwhile, romance is in the air for Joanna, Helen’s recently widowed sister and for their teenage grandchildren. Grandson, Joseph, is enjoying life...

Three Weeks in Paris

Three Weeks in Paris
  • Author(s): Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The latest novel from the genuinely bestselling author of seventeen compelling novels, from A Woman of Substance to The Triumph of Katie Byrne. As students at the prestigious Anya Sedgwick School of Decorative Arts in Paris, Alexandra Gordon, Kay...

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