The Paris Express

a thrilling historical novel about a city on the brink and the people caught up in one woman's dangerous game

De: Emma Donoghue

Narrado por: Justin Avoth

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

Reseñas de la Crítica

<b>A zippy Agatha Christie-like thriller</b> giving a taste of life in fin-de-si&egrave;cle France

A <b>pacy </b>read of secrets and lies

<b><i>The Paris Express</i> is all about speed</b>, and its heady corollary, escape. Good writing is also about momentum, and another corollary, the suspension of disbelief. This novel is<b> a masterclass</b> in both: an <b>engrossing </b>narrative, married to its intrinsic specificity, the joy of details

A <b>riveting </b>mix of social commentary and mystery . . . has <b>much in common with Agatha Christie&rsquo;s </b><i><b>Murder on the Orient Express</b> . . . </i>If the steam engine is an astonishing feat of engineering, so is Donoghue&rsquo;s <b>propulsive and thought-provoking </b>16th novel

Donoghue <b>deftly combines thriller and mystery</b> elements with her trademark historical fiction . . . To say more about it would be to spoil the luxurious enjoyment of sinking into the multifaceted narrative that [she] creates

<b>A nail-biter</b> &ndash; and you&#39;ll learn some history, too

<b>Donoghue&#39;s historical fiction holds a special place in my heart</b> . . . [she] is not a timid custodian of the past but an excavator, digging beneath bromides to unearth the defiant truth (Naoise Dolan, The Irish Times)

<b>Clever, ambitious</b>, and richly researched. A slice of 1890s Paris that makes us see that our modern problems aren&rsquo;t so modern after all! <i>The Paris Express</i> is a smartly structured novel that <b>ratchets up the pace until it&#39;s hurtling along as fast as the doomed train itself</b> (Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam)

<b>Captivating!</b> Emma Donoghue writes in rich, luxuriant detail, yet the story moves at a exhilarating clip. <b>An edge-of-your-seat historical thriller that I couldn&rsquo;t put down</b> (Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures)

<b>Wonderful</b>. In exploring a little-remembered event in history, she manages to hold a mirror up to a whole society. An <b>absorbing, panoramic, meticulously researched</b>, lovingly peopled gem (Esi Edugyan, author of Washington Black)

<b>Donoghue&#39;s talents are at such glorious heights in this novel</b> (Heather O'Neill, author of The Capital of Dreams)

You&rsquo;ll find plenty of intimacy but few displays of party manners among the passengers Donoghue introduces in <i>The Paris Express</i> . . . As the train speeds toward the capital,<b> vignettes in the various carriages provide a tension-filled panorama of fin-de-si&egrave;cle French society</b> (Alida Becker, The New York Times)