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  • Published: 28 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405974615
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $28.00

The Paris Bookshop Secret





A compelling new historical mystery from the author of The Secrets of Rochester Place and The Story Collector

How far will they go to find their story?

When Alexis meets Maeve – a reclusive woman in her eighties – they feel an unexpected and beautiful kinship. Alexis is embracing nomad life after burning out as a big-shot editor. And Maeve is mourning her glory days as a bestselling author.

Their friendship inspires Maeve to write again. Her last novel pours out of her - a story of love and heartbreak, centred around a bookshop in 1950s Paris.

But the line between fact and fiction is as fine as a whisper, and the novel unfurls a long-buried mystery, one that has haunted Maeve’s existence.

And will reverberate into the lives of both women, decades later…

  • Published: 28 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405974615
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $28.00

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