Crimă la Paris

Olivia Finn studies memory in London. She works at Charing Cross Hospital. One night, a police officer calls from Paris with urgent news. Her French grandmother is Josephine Benoit. She claims she killed someone decades ago. She says it took place at Hotel Lutetia. It stands on the Left Bank. She dates the crime to the end of World War II.

Olivia goes to Paris and finds her grandmother confused. Josephine says a lost memory has come back. Hotel records show a woman died in room 11 in 1945. This fact alone does not prove her account. People now start to die, so Olivia must find answers fast. These deaths link to events eighty years in the past.

Matthew Blake wrote this psychological thriller. It suits readers who like crime and family secrets. It also suits those drawn to doubts about memory. The plot shows how dementia can cloud what we recall. It shows how others can shape what we remember. Can a worthy goal excuse acts that cause harm? The book asks this, too. A killer works to keep the past hidden.

Blake lives in London and used to write scripts. He wrote for the BBC, ITV Studios and independent studios. He studied English at Durham University and Merton College, Oxford. He also did research and wrote speeches for Britain's parliament. His first book, Anna O, became a global number-one bestseller. It reached over forty countries. Work on a Netflix screen version is in progress.

This edition forms part of the Fiction Connection series. Alunita Voiculescu translated it from English. Its original title is A murder in Paris.