Fiction
Ellana: The Pact of the Shadow Walkers
Pierre Bottero
Ellana is the latest bestselling series from the author of Ewilan’s Quest. More than a million copies of Bottero’s novels have been sold in France alone. There are two answers to every question: that…
The Queen of Palmyra
A.B. Daniel
Born in a tent amid a nomadic clan of the 3rd century BC, nothing predestined Zenobia to become the great queen of the Middle East… Nothing except perhaps a shooting star that lit up that night’s sk…
Merde, Actually
Stephen Clarke
Following the phenomenal success of A Year in the Merde, the misadventures and merde keep on coming as Paul tries to bring his tea room project to fruition on his own, whilst figuring out who is the t…
If Only It Were True 2
Marc Levy
When Arthur returns to San Francisco after a self-imposed exile in Paris, he rediscovers his best friend, his job, and the city he loves. The one thing missing is Lauren: the woman he had sacrificed e…
Coloured Lights
Leila Aboulela
Again and again, characters from different cultures and beliefs are drawn together without being able to shrug off an inherent suspicion. The title story tells of a tragic accident at a Khartoum weddi…
A Year in the Merde
Stephen Clarke
Paul West, a young Englishman, arrives in Paris to start a new job – and finds out what the French are really like. They do eat a lot of cheese, some of which smells like pigs’ droppings. They don’t w…
The Feast of Angels
Danielle Thiéry
Commissioner Edwige Marion has recently been transferred to one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in Paris. A single mother, she tries to shelter her daughter Nina from the violence and drugs that…
The Art of Falling
Deborah Lawrenson
In 1944 Tom Wainwright, a British soldier, arrives in the small Italian town of Petriano. The war is nearly over, and in the lull before the Allied troops move further north to capture Florence Tom fo…
The Blue Galley
Henning Boëtius
In the year 1550, Jan Massys, the painter son of a famed Flemish artist arrives penniless and completely alone in the port town of Genoa. Six years earlier the Spanish Inquisition had banished him fro…
The Truth About Isabel
Jean-Daniel Baltassat
In 1428, van Eyck is sent on a secret mission. He will cross Europe to paint the portrait of Isabel the Infanta. Surrendering himself to the whims of this mysterious woman, He becomes the “Prince of P…