The Paris Bookshop Secret

<i>How far will they go to find their story?</i><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>And will reverberate into the lives of both women, decades later…<p><br><b>PRAISE FOR IRIS COSTELLO</b><br><br><b>'A rich and tender story' </b>Ruth Hogan, <i>The Keeper of Lost Things</i><br><br><b>'The perfect winter read' </b>Amanda Prowse, <i>To Love and Be Loved</i><br><br><b>'Spellbinding, addictive, and beautifully written'</b> Sophie Irwin, <i>A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting</i><br><br><b>'Richly atmospheric, evocative and moving'</b> Abbie Greaves,<i> The Ends of the Earth</i><br><br><b>‘Makes for a spellbinding read' </b>Rhiannon Ward, <i>The Shadowing</i><br><br><b>'Beautifully written with a story that draws you in'</b> Jane Corry, <i>I Died on a Tuesday</i></p>