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  • Published: 28 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405974615
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $22.99

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: $22.99

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Praise for The Paris Bookshop Secret

Utterly compelling

Heidi Swain on The Story Collector

Evocatively written, poignant and compulsive

Emma Curtis on The Story Collector

Brilliant, twisty

Sara Sheridan on The Story Collector
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