The continental affair / Christine Mangan.
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TextPublisher: London : Bedford Square Publishers, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 285 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781915798060; 9781915798046Subject(s): Criminals -- Fiction | Theft -- Fiction | Railroad travel -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Europe -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Thrillers (Fiction) | Detective and mystery fiction.Summary: With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper packed full of romance and suspense. Meet Henri and Louise. Two strangers, travelling alone, on the train from Belgrade to Istanbul. Except this isn't the first time they have met. It's the 1960s and Louise is running. From her past in England, from the owners of the money she has stolen - and from Henri, the person who has been sent to collect it. Across the Continent - from Granada to Paris, from Belgrade to Istanbul - Henri follows, desperate to leave behind his own troubles. The memories of his past life as a gendarme in Algeria that keep resurfacing. His inability to reconcile the growing responsibilities of his current criminal path with this former self. But Henri soon realises that Louise is no ordinary mark.
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With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper packed full of romance and suspense. Meet Henri and Louise. Two strangers, travelling alone, on the train from Belgrade to Istanbul. Except this isn't the first time they have met. It's the 1960s and Louise is running. From her past in England, from the owners of the money she has stolen - and from Henri, the person who has been sent to collect it. Across the Continent - from Granada to Paris, from Belgrade to Istanbul - Henri follows, desperate to leave behind his own troubles. The memories of his past life as a gendarme in Algeria that keep resurfacing. His inability to reconcile the growing responsibilities of his current criminal path with this former self. But Henri soon realises that Louise is no ordinary mark.
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