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'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' New York Times
'It's no wonder that Musso is one of France's most loved, bestselling authors'
Harlan Coben
In 1999, after publishing three cult novels, celebrated author Nathan Fawles announces the end of his writing career and withdraws to Beaumont, a wild and beautiful island off…
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1 author picked The Secret Life of Writers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Browsing at Shakespeare and Company in Paris last fall I picked up this book in translation by Guillaume Musso, touted as the ‘French Suspense King.’ Set on an isolated island off the Côte d’Azur, this moody thriller is unpredictable and twisty, as all good mysteries should be. A reclusive author, his strange past, a relentless fan: what could go wrong?
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