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This award-winning psychological thriller navigates between the sophisticated corridors of the Paris courts and a small backwater in central France, where rolling hills and quiet country life hide dark secrets. As a child, she was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now, Catherine Monsigny is an ambitious rookie attorney in Paris, working for a well-known firm. On the side, she does pro bono work and hits the jackpot: a major felony case that could boost her career. A black woman is accused of poisoning her rich farmer husband in a peaceful village in central France, where nothing ever happens. While preparing the case, Catherine s own past comes back with a vengeance. This fast-paced story follows Catherine s determined search for the truth in both her case and her own life. Who can she believe? And can you ever escape from your past? The story twists and turns, combining subtle psychological insight with detailed descriptions of the region.

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A beautifully written and elegantly structured novel of a woman's attempt to solve the central mystery of her life, and several other mysteries along the way. It captures the reader from the first page, and never lets go. - Edgar Award-winning author Thomas H. Cook Full of surprises and twists that will keep you reading late into the night. -Cosmopolitan This is a suspense novel with an absolutely perfect atmosphere. The writing is subtle, racy, controlled. It is written with great art! -RTL.be Everything in this book--the plot, the atmosphere, the characters, and the style--is perfectly mastered from beginning to end. -Echo The author has a distinctive style and an unsurpassed talent for delving deep into her characters' minds. It is a disturbing read. -Madame Figaro Reading this is like having a fever. The author takes the reader from dark humor to cold anxiety at a diabolic pace. -Notre temps The Paris Lawyer has a compelling heroine. She is a young attorney, working on a fascinating, mysterious case, but she is also a woman haunted by a tragic event in her own past, the murder of her mother. Sylvie Granotier interweaves the past and present with a sure hand, and her characters have a psychological depth which is rare in crime fiction today. This is a complex tale, skillfully told, that will keep you in suspense to the very end. -Patricia MacDonald A powerful, well-written thriller, but also a meditation on the nature of love and marriage, and whether we can ever escape the past and reinvent ourselves. -Crime Fiction Lover

Sylvie Granotier's The Paris Lawyer is a beautifully written and elegantly structured novel of a woman's attempt to solve the central mystery of her life, and several other mysteries along the way. It captures the reader from the first page, and never lets go. -Edgar Award-winning author Thomas H. Cook Full of surprises and twists that will keep you reading late into the night. -Cosmopolitan This is a suspense novel with an absolutely perfect atmosphere. The writing is subtle, racy, controlled. It is written with great art! -RTL.be Everything in this book--the plot, the atmosphere, the characters, and the style--is perfectly mastered from beginning to end. -L'Echo The author has a distinctive style and an unsurpassed talent for delving deep into her characters' minds. It is a disturbing read. -Madame Figaro Reading this is like having a fever. The author takes the reader from dark humor to cold anxiety at a diabolic pace. -Notre temps Sylvie Granotier's book, The Paris Lawyer, has a compelling heroine in Catherine Monsigny. She is a young attorney, working on a fascinating, mysterious case. But she is also a woman haunted by a tragic event in her own past, the murder of her mother. Sylvie Granotier interweaves the past and present with a sure hand, and her characters have a psychological depth which is rare in crime fiction today. This is a complex tale, skillfully told, that will keep you in suspense to the very end. -Patricia MacDonald Reviews Crime Fiction Lover review: The Paris Lawyer is a powerful, well-written thriller, but also a meditation on the nature of love and marriage, and whether we can ever escape the past and reinvent ourselves. Rachel Cotterill Book Reviews: a solid and interesting read, and I would certainly consider reading more by this author. Confessions of a Mystery Novelist, Spotlight: The Paris Lawyer is a credi

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Considered in France a master of crime fiction, author, screenwriter and actress Sylvie Granotier loves to weave plots that send shivers up your spine. She was born in Algeria and grew up in Paris and Morocco. She studied literature and theater in Paris, then set off traveling across the United States, Brazil, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, ending with a tour of Europe. She wound up in Paris again, an actress, with a job and some recognition. But she is a writer at heart, and started her publishing career translating Grace Paley's short story collection Enormous Changes at the Last Minute into French. Fourteen novels and many short stories later, Sylvie Granotier is a major French author. She has met with continued success, and is translated into German, Italian, Russian and Greek. The Paris Lawyer is her first novel to be translated into English. Sylvie splits her time between Paris and the Creuse.

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