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The Paris Express

by Emma Donoghue

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 IndependentA 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
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Pages:

288

Published:

Feb 2026

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Imprint

Picador

ISBN:

9781035057290

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 IndependentA 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
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