The Paris Express

From Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set at the end of the nineteenth century about a high-speed steam train journey, the people on board and the secrets and dangers they carry with them. 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 IndependentParis, 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