Book cover for The Paris Express

The Paris Express

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20 March 2025
435 minutes
Justin Avoth
9781035057283
Imprint: Picador

Reviews

A zippy Agatha Christie-like thriller giving a taste of life in fin-de-siècle FranceThe Guardian
A pacy read of secrets and liesThe i Paper
The Paris Express is all about speed, and its heady corollary, escape. Good writing is also about momentum, and another corollary, the suspension of disbelief. This novel is a masterclass in both: an engrossing narrative, married to its intrinsic specificity, the joy of detailsThe Independent
A riveting mix of social commentary and mystery . . . has much in common with Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express . . . If the steam engine is an astonishing feat of engineering, so is Donoghue’s propulsive and thought-provoking 16th novelThe Washington Post