The Paris Bookshop Secret 9781471418075 The Emperor and the Nightingale

The Emperor and the Nightingale

It's the summer of 1985 and the residents of Delmont Close are preparing a neighbourhood barbecue to watch the biggest music event in history: Live Aid

Albert Camus once remarked: “On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence

connected to his final victim by a stray receipt

The Paris Bookshop Secret 9781471418075 The Emperor and the NightingaleAbout The Paris Bookshop Secret By Iris Costello 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