The Paris Express

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 CreaturesAuthor: Donoghue, Emma,author
Contributors: Donoghue, Emma,author
Binding: paperback
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Edition: Main Market
Published/Release Date: 26 Feb 2026
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Pan Macmillan
Author/Director/Artist: Emma Donoghue
Dimension (cm): 199x131x19 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 20x195x130 mm
Item Weight (g): 195
Package Weight (g): 200