The Paris Express: A Novel by Emma Donoghue

 

 The Paris Express: A Novel by Emma Donoghue.  

                                                      Summit Books, 2025. Adult historical fiction. Thriller.

When a steam train leaves the Normandy coast in autumn of 1895 and heads toward Paris, no one suspects that it will not be just another ordinary journey. From rich to poor, the travellers cover the spectrum of internationals. Readers will get to know them all in a fascinating style. As the day goes on, tension builds. Someone on the train wishes them all ill. What will happen? Who will survive?

This fictional thriller is based on real photographs of a train hanging out of the upstairs windows of the train station in Paris. An author's note tells which characters are based on real people and which ones she made up. While the novel begins slowly, it builds to the point that few readers will be able to stop reading toward the end. Like the train passengers, we are all captured in a speeding time capsule.