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In this riveting historical thriller, a deadly plot unfolds aboard a train hurtling towards Paris. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue takes you on a heart-pounding ride in The Paris Express.

‘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

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

Publisher Review

Clever, ambitious, and richly researched. A slice of 1890s Paris that makes us see that our modern problems aren’t so modern after all! The Paris Express is a smartly structured novel that ratchets up the pace until it’s hurtling along as fast as the doomed train itself. — Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam Donoghue’s talents are at such glorious heights in this novel — Heather O’Neill, author of The Capital of Dreams Captivating! Emma Donoghue writes in rich, luxuriant detail, yet the story moves at a exhilarating clip. An edge-of-your-seat historical thriller that I couldn’t put down — Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures