Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Dream Killer of Paris
Enter the world of supernatural crime investigation – In the autumn of 1934 a channel crossing to France takes a paranormal turn for private detective, Andrew Singleton, when he sees an extraordinary mirage and has an encounter with a lady in white. On arrival in Paris he is quickly drawn into a very unusual murder
Hector and the Secrets of Love
One of the world`s largest pharmaceutical companies has employed him to track down their brilliant scientist, Professor Cormorant, who has disappeared abroad with the secret of a modern-day love potion. Leaving behind his troubled relationship with girlfriend Clara, Hector`s adventure takes him to the Far East and into the arms of beautiful Vayla, forcing our
The Sun King Rises
1661 is a year of destiny for France and its young King, Louis XIV. Cardinal Mazarin, the prime minister who has reigned throughout the king`s early years, lies dying. As a fierce power struggle develops to succeed him, a religious brotherhood, guardian of a centuries old secret, also sees its chance to influence events. Gabriel
The Pere Lachaise Mystery
In Paris 1890, Lady`s maid Denise le Louarn fears the worst when her mistress, Odette de Valois, vanishes from the Pere-Lachaise cemetery during a visit to her husband`s grave. All alone in the great metropolis, Denise knows just one person she can go to for help: Odette`s former lover, Victor Legris. When the frightened girl
The Montmartre Investigation
Its November, 1891. The body of a young woman is discovered at a crossroads on Boulevard Montmartre. Barefoot and dressed in red, she has been strangled and her face disfigured. That same day a single red shoe is delivered to Victor Legris` Parisian bookshop. Suspecting more that just coincidence, the bookseller sleuth and his assistant
The Chatelet Apprentice
Its France, 1761. Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime and immorality …A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he
The Man With The Lead Stomach
October 1761 finds the newly-promoted Commissioner Le Floch on duty at a Royal performance of Rameau`s latest work. Events take a dramatic turn and Nicolas is soon embarked on his second major investigation when the body of a prominent courtier`s son is found. The initial evidence points to suicide, but Le Floch`s instincts tell him
The Marais Assassin
Parisian bookseller Victor Legris finds a new case to investigate very close to home, when his business partner`s apartment is burgled. Curiously the only item stolen is a decorative goblet of little value. But on learning that two people have been murdered who were connected to to the goblet, Victor becomes convinced of its secret
The Phantom of Rue Royale
Paris is in mourning. At the firework display marking the Dauphin`s marriage to Marie Antoinette, hundreds of people have been injured or crushed to death. Yet not all the victims died accidentally. The tragic incident on Place Louis XV yields a new case for Commissioner Le Floch when a strangled woman is found amongst the
Have a Nice Day
In Have a Nice Day the BBC’s North America Editor, Justin Webb, travels beyond the lazy clichรฉs that most Europeans like to think of America and plunges into what makes this paradoxical country work. Webb is keen to uncover the real America and stay clear of recent controversies such as the presidency of George W
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Rene is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. She maintains a carefully constructed persona as someone uncultivated but reliable, in keeping with what she feels a concierge should be. But beneath this facade lies the real Rene: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers with
Britain`s Really Rottenest Years
Think you`ve had a rotten year? Thing again – as this horrible history of Britain shows, whatever life is throwing at us in the 21st Century, our ancestors had it a whole lot worse. War, terror, economic collapse…Britain has been there before. And for the likes of the Celts, or the Tudors, or the Georgians,
The Nicolas Le Floch Affair
Paris, 1774. Commissioner Le Floch`s stormy love affair with socialite Julie de Lasterieux has run its course but before Nicolas can formally end the relationship, Julie is found murdered in her bed, a victim of poisoning. For now, he retains the confidence of even the King, who sends him on a secret intelligence mission. But
It`s All Greek to Me
With everything from Achilles` heel to Pythagoras` theorem, from Oedipus and his complex to Margaret Thatcher and Thucydides, this book aims to unlock the richness of the Greek world and show just how profoundly it has informed our own. Consider the way we think: about right and wrong, about the nature of beauty, goodness, and
The Saint Florentin Murders
Le Noir, Sartine`s successor as Lieutenant General of Police, distrusts Le Floch. Monsieur de Saint-Florentin, the King`s new minister, entrusts Commissioner Le Floch with the investigation into the murder of a chambermaid whose throat was cut in unusual circumstances at Saint-Florentin`s home. His inquiry takes place both in Paris and Versailles, where he secures his
Ghoul Britannia – Notes from a Haunted Isle
INCLUDES THE THREE BEST GHOST STORIES EVER Everyone knows someone who has seen a ghost – Who among us, lying in bed at night, listening to the noises of the house – that spooky creak in the stairs, the clock ticking away emptily in the hall – has not experienced a momentary chill, that first
Chateau Monty
Chateau Monty sees top wine critic and author, Monty Waldin, put his money where his mouth is and pack it all in to make wine bio-dynamically in rural France. He has just over a year to turn 5.4 acres into top selling organic wine. Renovating an old cabin on his vineyard so he can babysit
The Ballad of Britain
In 1903, the Victorian composer Cecil Sharp began a decade-long journey to collect folk songs that, he believed, captured the spirit of Great Britain. A century later, with the musical and cultural map of the country transformed, writer and journalist Will Hodgkinson sets out on a similar journey to find the songs that make up
Feet of the Chameleon – The Story of African Football
Feet of the Chameleon – The Story of African Football is the prize-winning book by Ian Hawkey which traces the development of the world’s favourite sport through the tangled history and complex social and political life of the African continent. Drawing on his own extensive experience, years of research and interviews with those involved in
Murder On The Eiffel Tower
The brand new Eiffel Tower is the glory of the 1889 Universal Exposition. But one sunny afternoon, a woman collapses and dies on this great Paris landmark. Can a bee-sting really be the cause of death? Or is there a more sinister explanation? Enter young bookseller Victor Legris. Present on the Tower at the time
