France Book Tours

Author Sylvie GRANOTIER  on Tour

July 11-30, 2013

with her novel

The Paris Lawyer

(translated by Anne TRAGER)

Website | Goodreads

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Genre: legal procedural /psychological thriller
BISAC category:  Suspense
(starts with a murder, then is a mystery).

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The Paris Lawyer won
the Grand Prix Sang d’Encre crime fiction award in 2011.

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SYNOPSIS

As a child, she was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now, Catherine Monsigny is an ambitious rookie attorney in Paris, working for a well-known firm. On the side, she does pro bono work and hits the jackpot: a major felony case that could boost her career. A black woman is accused of poisoning her rich farmer husband in a peaceful village in central France, where nothing ever happens. While preparing the case, Catherine’s own past comes back with a vengeance. This fast-paced story follows Catherine’s determined search for the truth in both her case and her own life. Who can she believe? And can you ever escape from your past? The story twists and turns, combining subtle psychological insight with detailed descriptions of the region. [from the publisher’s website]

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Friday, July 19
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed

Monday, July 22
Review + guest-post at Queen of All She Reads

Monday, August 12
Review + giveaway at The Most Happy Reader

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Praise for The Paris Lawyer

“Sylvie Granotier’s The Paris Lawyer is a beautifully written
and elegantly structured novel
of a woman’s attempt to solve the central mystery of her life,
along with several other mysteries along the way.
It captures the reader from the first page, and never lets go.”
— Thomas H. Cook, winner of the Martin Beck Award,
Barry Award for Best Novel,
Edgar Award for Best Novel

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Author David KHARA on Tour

July 11-30, 2013

with his novel

The Bleiberg Project

(translated by Simon JOHN)

Website | Goodreads

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Genre: thriller/espionage

(a thriller with action, killings, this has a WWII element)

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The Bleiberg Project won the Blue Moon prize for best thriller
and has sold over 100,000 copies already.
It is being made into a movie.

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SYNOPSIS

Are Hitler’s atrocities really over? Find out in this adrenaline-pumping ride to save the world from a conspiracy straight out of the darkest hours of history.

1942, Poland. The head of the SS meets secretly with a scientist in charge of a major Third Reich project.

Present day. After another late night with yet another woman whose name he doesn’t remember, self-pitying golden boy trader Jay Novacek learns that his long-lost father has died, precipitating events that lead him to board a plane to Zurich. He’s got a Nazi medallion in his pocket, a hot CIA bodyguard next to him, and a clearly dangerous Mossad agent on his tail. What was his father investigating? Why was his mother assassinated? Why are unknown sides fighting over him with automatic weapons? Far from his posh apartment, he races to save the world from a horrific conspiracy. Can it be stopped? [from the publisher’s website]

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Sunday , July 21
presentation at Lady Techie’s Book Musings

Tuesday, July 23
Review at Lady Techie’s Book Musings

Wednesday, July 24
Interview by author Amy Metz

Monday, August 5
review at Fiction is Stranger Than Fact

Monday, August  12
Review + Giveaway by author Julie Coulter Bellon

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Praise for The Bleiberg Project

“Fascinating, written with a sharp style, shock value and a lot of humor.”
– Serge Perraud, http://www.lelitteraire.com.”

“Impossible to put down.”
– France Inter

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Author Frédérique Molay on Tour

July 11-30, 2013

with her novel

The 7th Woman

(translated by Anne TRAGER)

Website | Goodreads

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Genre: police procedural/thriller

BISAC cat.: Mystery and Detective/Police procedural

(descriptions of gruesome murders)

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Won France’s most prestigious crime fiction award, the Prix du Quai des Orfèvres

Named Best Crime Fiction Novel of the Year by Lire magazine

Months on the bestseller lists

Translated into seven languages

Over 150,000 copies sold in France

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SYNOPSIS

There’s no rest for Paris’s top criminal investigation division, La Crim’. Who is preying on women in the French capital? How can he kill again and again without leaving any clues? A serial killer is taking pleasure in a macabre ritual that leaves the police on tenterhooks. Chief of Police Nico Sirsky—a super cop with a modern-day real life, including an ex-wife, a teenage son and a budding love story—races against the clock to solve the murders as they get closer and closer to his inner circle. Will he resist the pressure? The story grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go until the last page, leading you behind the scenes with the French police and into the coroner’s office. It has the suspense of Seven, with CSI-like details, giving a whole new dimension to Paris. [FROM THE PUBLISHER’S WEBSITE]

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Thursday, July 11
Review + Giveaway at No More Grumpy Bookseller

Thursday, July 18
Review at Finding Time To Write

Saturday, July 27
Guest-post at Mary’s Cup of Tea

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Praise for The 7^th Woman

“Frédérique Molay is the French Michael Connelly.”
— Jean Miot, former head of Agence France Presse
and the French daily Le Figaro

“It’s really an excellent book.
It’s the kind of suspense that makes you miss your subway stop
or turn off your phone once you’ve started it.”
—RTL

“You barely have time to catch your breath
between turning the pages of this spine-tingling novel.”
— Cine Tele Revue

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