The Paris Affair Pip Drysdale, by Simon & Schuster
A classy page-turner from Drysdale (The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know), set in Paris, where recently arrived, hard-hitting journalist Harper Brown is on the trail of a killer. We wake up with her in bed, lying next to the handsome guy she met in the laundromat, who she will ruthlessly dump in a finely honed three-minute routine. This is a bitter girl who doesn’t have time for relationships. She gave up her dreams for the “love of her life” musician boyfriend, who left her for the girl who was his keyboard player. “I lost eight years of my life.” She needs to be free to write and investigate and make a good impression on the Paris Observer. She loves good art, whiskey and true-crime podcasts. Clear your evening, this is unputdownable.