From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room and The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue
takes readers on a thrilling ride through a simmering turn-of-the-century Paris on the edge of
a dazzling future. '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 Independent A woman determined to make her mark. A
journey that will change everything. Paris 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
