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Murder in Paris

Murder in Paris
  • Author(s): Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

The City of Light is anything but light when a killer stalks the cobblestone streets… For a woman who loves fashion, there is no place on earth more exciting than Paris where the clothes are to die for and...

Murder in Provence

Murder in Provence
  • Author(s): Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Mystery

The third installment in the Maggie Newberry mysteries, this book takes the reader further into the sleepy little French town of St-Buvard, where Maggie and Laurent discover not one but four murders to spice up their tenure in Provence....

One Helluva Mess

One Helluva Mess
  • Author(s): Jean-Claude Izzo
  • Location(s): Marseilles (Marseille)
  • Genre(s): Crime

This is the same book as “Total Chaos”. Inspector Montale is forced to revisit his childhood in order to solve a crime

Operation Sunshine

Operation Sunshine
  • Author(s): Jenny Colgan
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Evie isa receptionist in a high profile cosmetic surgery. She has never had a good holiday, really, so perks up when she is invited by her employers to attend a conference in the South of France. Things do not...

Sojourn in Arles

Sojourn in Arles
  • Author(s): Owen Marshall
  • Location(s): Arles
  • Genre(s): Short Stories

A chance encounter leads to an appreciation of the spontaneous and passing friendship of strangers in this evocative short story from one of New Zealand’s finest writers.David Wilson takes a trip around Europe after the death of his wife....

The Chocolate Kiss

The Chocolate Kiss
  • Author(s): Laura Florand
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

At La Maison des Sorcieres, the window display is an enchanted forest of sweets, a collection of conical hats delights the eye and the habitues nibble chocolate witches from fanciful mismatched china. While in their tiny blue kitchen, Magalie...

The Cliffhanger

The Cliffhanger
  • Author(s): Emily Freud
  • Location(s): Southern France
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

STRAY TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE . . . New York-based writers Felix and Emma have it all. As the husband and wife team behind the bestselling Morgan Savage thrillers, their meteoric rise to global literary fame seemed unstoppable....

The Escape

The Escape
  • Author(s): Ruth Kelly
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The Escape is an electrifying thriller of influencers, secrets and lies set in a grand mansion in rural France for fans of Lisa Jewell and Sarah Pearse. THE PERFECT OFFER When struggling influencer couple...

The Montana Stories

The Montana Stories
  • Author(s): Katherine Mansfield
  • Location(s): London, New Zealand (Aotearoa), The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Early 1920s

Eighty years ago, at the end of May 1921, Katherine Mansfield came to Switzerland, to live at the Chalet des Sapins in Montana (now Crans-Montana) in Switzerland. She was 32 and seriously ill with tuberculosis (possibly caught, according to...

The Parisian’s Return

The Parisian’s Return
  • Author(s): Julia Stagg
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

When Stephanie brains an intruder with a stale baguette, she doesn’t realise she has assaulted the new owner of the village grocery. Parisian-exile Fabian’s welcome goes from bad to worse as his attempts to drag the shop into the...

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