The Paris Express

From Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room, The Paris Express is **a propulsive novel set at the end of the nineteenth century about a high-speed steam train journey, the people on board and the secrets and dangers they carry with them.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room and The Pull of the Stars , Emma Donoghue takes readers on a thrilling ride through a simmering turn-of-the-century Paris on the edge of a dazzling future. ''Ratchets up the pace until it''s hurtling along as fast as the train itself'' - Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam ''Riveting'' - The Washington Post ''All about speed . . . This novel is a masterclass'' - The Independent A woman determined to make her mark. A journey that will change everything. Paris, 1895. Glamour hides a city on the brink. One morning, a young woman boards the Granville Express with a deadly plan. On the journey lives intertwine in explosive ways. There are the railway crew who have everything to lose, a little boy travelling alone for the first time, an elderly statesman with his fragile wife and a lonely artist far from home. The train speeds towards the City of Light and into a future that will change everything . . . ''An edge-of-your-seat historical thriller that I couldn''t put down'' - Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures

Autorentext

Born in Dublin in 1969, and now living in Canada, Emma Donoghue writes fiction (novels and short stories, contemporary and historical), as well as drama for screen and stage. Room was shortlisted for the Booker, Commonwealth and Orange Prizes, selling nearly three million copies in forty languages. Donoghue was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film adaptation starring Brie Larson. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the film of her novel The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh, and adapted The Pull of the Stars for the stage. The Paris Express is her latest novel.

Klappentext

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room and The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue takes readers on a thrilling ride through a simmering turn-of-the-century Paris on the edge of a dazzling future.

'Ratchets up the pace until it's hurtling along as fast as the train itself' - Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam
'A zippy Agatha Christie-like thriller giving a taste of life in fin-de-siècle France' - The Guardian

A woman determined to make her mark. A journey that will change everything.

Paris, 1895. One morning, a young woman boards the Granville Express with a deadly plan.

On the journey lives intertwine in explosive ways. There are the railway crew who have everything to lose, a little boy travelling alone for the first time, an elderly statesman with his fragile wife and a lonely artist far from home.

The train speeds towards the City of Light and into a future that will change everything . . .

'An edge-of-your-seat historical thriller that I couldn't put down' - Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures