Friday 12 March 2010

Gallic Press Round-up

A package arrived on the Archive doormat this morning, containing a review copy of Jean Francis Parot's The Nicolas Le Floch Affair (expect a detailed review here soon) and a list of the enticing new titles lined up for the next few months.



Gallic Press is a new publishing house dedicated to bringing contemporary French authors to the UK market. One title that caught our eye was Francois Lelord's Hector and the search for happiness - the books sounds like a must read, a novel and a self-help title in one. The publisher's are planning a big publicity campaign around this one so expect more news of this title on the Archive over coming months.

The Baker Street Phantom by Fabrice Bourland also sparks our interest - set in 1932, its sees Lady Arthur Conan Doyle seeking the help of detectives Singleton and Tralewney. The advance information is enticing given that the plot seems to revolve around the late Conan Doyle's interest in spiritualism.

The lists are very strong on crime fiction - Andrea H. Japp's medieval mysteries I am already familiar with and it will be great for the bestselling French mistress of crime to reach a larger audience. Claude Izner's series of novels set in Impressionist period Paris also whets the appetite, as do Armand Cabasson's Napoleonic murders series.

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1 comment:

Oscar Case said...

If a Western pops up on the list, please note in the blog. I would be interested on their take and style.

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