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Conflicts of Interest

Conflicts of Interest
  • Author(s): Terry Stiastny
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), Congo (Democratic Republic of)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A gripping story of moral compromise and betrayal in the South of France where the political elite of Britain and France spend their summer holidays. Two journalists take different paths in life. Martin becomes a PR for politicians and...

Conspiracy of Lies

Conspiracy of Lies
  • Author(s): Kathryn Gauci
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WWII

From the author of The Embroiderer comes a powerful account of one woman’s struggle to balance her duty to her country and a love she knows will ultimately end in tragedy. 1940. With the Germans about to enter Paris,...

Conviction

Conviction
  • Author(s): Denise Mina
  • Location(s): Fort William, Glasgow, Île de Ré (Île de Re)
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s just a normal morning when Anna’s husband announces that he’s leaving her for her best friend and taking their two daughters with him. With her safe, comfortable world shattered, Anna distracts herself with someone else’s story: a true-crime...

Cooking for Picasso

Cooking for Picasso
  • Author(s): Camille Aubray
  • Location(s): Juan-les-Pins, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s, present

“A tasty blend of romance, mystery, and French cooking.”–Margaret Atwood, via Twitter The French Riviera, spring 1936: It’s off-season in the lovely seaside village of Juan-les-Pins, where seventeen-year-old Ondine cooks with her mother in the kitchen of their family-owned...

Couples Retreat

Couples Retreat
  • Author(s): Lorraine Brown
  • Location(s): Cannes
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two writers. One pressing deadline. No time for romance… Scarlett and Theo have one bestselling novel to their names: the psychological thriller they wrote together years ago. None of the books they’ve written separately have sold anywhere near as...

Creation Lake

Creation Lake
  • Author(s): Rachel Kushner
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sadie Smith – a thirty-four-year-old American undercover agent of ruthless tactics and bold opinions – is sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France. Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced...

Croissant Murder

Croissant Murder
  • Author(s): Harper Lin
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

After Clémence Damour’s last adventure, the paparazzi are following her everywhere. Her ex-boyfriend Mathieu, a talented painter, contacts her to help him with a bizarre ghost mystery, putting a strain on her current relationship with Arthur. Then Mathieu’s girlfriend...

Cross of Fire

Cross of Fire
  • Author(s): David Gilman
  • Location(s): Sarlat, France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 14th Century

WINTER, 1362. After decades of successful campaigning in France, Thomas Blackstone, once a common archer, has risen to become Edward III’s Master of War. But the title is as much a curse as a blessing. Success has brought few...

Cursed Bread

Cursed Bread
  • Author(s): Sophie Mackintosh
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Post WW2

If you eat the bread, you’ll die, he said. The statement made no sense, but it filled me with an electric dread. Elodie is the baker’s wife. A plain, unremarkable woman, ignored by her husband and underestimated by her...

Dangerous Remedy

Dangerous Remedy
  • Author(s): Kat Dunn
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): French Revolution

The first in a dazzling, commercial, historical adventure series set in the extravagant and deadly world of the French Revolution. A whirlwind of action, science and magic reveals, with a diverse cast of fearless heroines, a band of rebels...

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