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21) Magic: a novel
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English
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A tale set against the glamorous White Dinners in Paris traces the experiences of longtime participant Jean-Philippe Dumas, who at the sides of three couples reflects on friendship, love, and magical possibilities on a life-changing night.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"The 16th novel ... finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light. On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on...
23) Murder in Passy
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Series
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English
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When Aimee Leduc's godfather, Morbier, a police "commissaire," asks her to check on his girlfriend at her home there, Aimee finds Xavierre, a "haut bourgeois" matron of Basque origin, strangled in her garden while Aimee waits inside. Circumstantial evidence makes Morbier the prime suspect, and to vindicate him, Aimee must identify the real killer.
Author
Series
Las leonas volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Enjoying one last summer of freedom before being trapped in a loveless marriage, Manuela accepts an invitation to show her paintings in Paris.
Author
Series
Las leonas volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Three best friends at the 1889 World's Fair have goals: going to the most scandalous places in Paris, kissing disreputable men and absolutely not falling in love, in the first novel of a new series.
29) Madeline
Author
Series
Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans) volume 1
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
Español
Description
Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After the death of her son, Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war effort and, returning to France, confronts the devastation of World War II as she fights to take down the Nazis, find her husband and ultimately survive against inconceivable odds.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious death, unusual car eaccident, and anonymous threats have one thing in common-- the vicitms are all members of the Good Novel bookstore's secret selection committee. Set in Paris, this tale combines mystery, romance, and French theology and literature.
34) The bequest
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Struggling to acclimate to her new home in Scotland, PhD student Isabel Henley, when her friend Rose is kidnapped, is forced to complete Rose’s research by following a paper trail from Genoa to Florence, and finally to Paris, where solving a 400-year-old mystery could save both their lives.
35) Rook
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the Sunken City that was once Paris the guillotine rules again, while Sophia Bellamy from the Commonwealth across the Channel Sea tries to rescue as many of the revolution's victims as she can smuggle out, and some prisoners disappear from their cells, with a red-tipped rook feather left in their place--but who is the mysterious Red Rook and where does Sophia's wealthy fiancé, René Hasard, fit in?
36) Gourmet rhapsody
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A great food critic who can make or destroy the reputation of a chef with a stroke of his pen, Pierre Arthens faces his imminent death by trying to recall the one perfect flavor he sampled in his youth, a flavor that he believes forms the ultimate truth of his life.
37) Peril in Paris
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Series
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English
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"Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her dashing husband, Darcy, are awaiting a bundle of joy, but an unexpected trip to Paris will thrust them straight into a tangled web of international intrigue in this all-new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen. What a delight it is to finally be able to enjoy a simple meal again! I have been in the throes of morning sickness for the last few months as Darcy and I prepare to...
38) Dark legend
Author
Series
Dark series volume 8
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Gabriel, a master of the darkness, awakens with a hunger for blood. As he hunts the streets of Paris for prey, a soothing voice calls to him, giving him strength to control his craving. Francesca Del Ponce is a healer who radiates goodness. But Gabriel's obsession with her would turn him as his twin brother had turned, leaving the world with two monsters instead of one.
39) Honor thyself
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In the days that follow a tragic accident, a woman who the whole world knows slowly awakens with no memory of who she is. Every detail must be pieced back together--from a childhood in rural Mississippi to the early days of her career, from the unintentional hurt inflicted on her daughter to a fifteen year-old secret love affair that went tragically wrong. But for this woman an extraordinary opportunity has arisen in a life-threatening crisis: a second...
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