8.2 seconds
Author: Chattam, Maxime
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2025 | Pages: 391 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91801
8.2 seconds: That's how long it takes to fall in love. That's how long it takes to die. May and Constance don't know each other. But a shared secret binds them. And threatens them
Love, mom
Author: Xander, Iliana
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2026 | Pages: 416 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91805
What if your mother was hiding a secret so dark... it could destroy you? Twenty-one-year-old Mackenzie grew up in the shadow of her famous mother, EV Renge, a bestselling thriller author. So when her mother dies suddenly in an accident, Mackenzie inherits more than just grief. On the day of the funeral, she receives a strange letter that begins with the words: 'Want to know a secret? Love, Mom.'
Inside the envelope is an excerpt from her mother's diary. What Mackenzie discovers leaves her in shock. A second and third letter follow, each one revealing a disturbing truth. Lies. Manipulation. Murder. Very quickly, Mackenzie realizes that her mother may not have been who she thought she was, and that her fame hides a reality as unsettling as it is dangerous...
Because there are secrets that should never be unearthed. And truths worse than death
Vous serez ma reine
Translated title: You Will Be My Queen
Author: Desplat-Duc, Anne-Marie
Genre: Romance / Historical
Year: 2025 | Pages: 376 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91846
The only favorite of Louis XIV who almost became Queen of France.
I am Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin.
At sixteen, I was Louis XIV's confidante, his promised bride.
'You will be my queen', he had sworn to me... before reasons of state separated us.
Exiled, forced to marry a feared prince, I was torn from him.
But the story is not over.
I will reclaim my freedom.
I will find the Sun King at the height of his reign.
I swore an oath
Les accoucheuses - Le couvent des Pascalines
Translated title: The Midwives - the Pascalines Convent
Author: Sol, Alex
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Year: 2022 | Pages: 196 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 86880
In 1871, seventeen-year-old Louise hails from a prestigious Parisian family, deeply esteemed within the upper echelons of society. However, when she finds herself pregnant out of wedlock, her parents opt to safeguard their reputation by sending her to the Pascalines convent, overseen by the Midwives. Here, the Midwives care for the infants and facilitate adoptions for hopeful couples, in exchange for sheltering and supporting Louise.
Amidst France's post-war recovery from the Prussian conflict, the convent faces financial strain due to poor harvests and an epidemic, placing the Pascalines congregation in jeopardy. Undeterred, the sisters are determined to preserve their sanctuary, even in the face of a headstrong teenager like Louise, who questions the fate awaiting girls in complicated childbirth. Convinced that the nocturnal cries she hears hold a deeper meaning beyond mere pain, Louise sets out to uncover the truth
Les yeux de Mona
Translated title: Mona's Eyes
Author: Schlesser, Thomas
Genre: Family Saga
Year: 2025 | Pages: 584 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91819
Fifty-two weeks: that's how much time Mona has left to discover all the beauty of the world. It's the time her grandfather, a learned, fascinating, and whimsical man, has given himself to introduce her, every Wednesday after school, to a work of art, before she loses, perhaps forever, the use of her eyes.
Together, they will explore the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou. Together, they will marvel, be moved, and question, captivated by the sight of a painting or a sculpture.
Borrowing the perspectives of Botticelli, Vermeer, Goya, Courbet, Claudel, Kahlo, and Basquiat, Mona discovers the power of art and learns about talent, doubt, melancholy, and rebellion - a precious treasure her grandfather wishes to instill in her foreve
La fille qui venait la nuit
Translated title: The Girl Who Came at Night
Author: Lamarr, Nelle
Genre: Horror
Year: 2025 | Pages: 360 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91813
'My deepest fear is that I might not live another day. Another hour. Another minute.' Since the birth of her daughter, Ava has been exhausted. So much so that she can no longer care for her baby. So, when her husband suggests hiring a nanny to look after their daughter at night, the young mother jumps at the chance. Marley enters their home and quickly proves indispensable.
But disturbing events begin to occur: objects disappear, and Ava overhears whispers and suggestive gestures between her husband and the nanny. She begins to doubt: who is Marley really? And what is her husband hiding from her? Little by little, Ava feels like a stranger in her own home. And when one day she finds her baby lying on her stomach, suffocating, the young mother becomes paranoid.
Is she going crazy? Or is someone trying to make her believe she is?
Adolphus: Les Enquêtes De Joseph Laflamme
Translated title: Adolphus: The Joseph Laflamme Investigations
Series: Volume 6
Author: Gagnon, Hervé
Genre: Thriller / Crime
Year: 2025 | Pages: 256 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91861
Montreal, October 1893. Joseph, Mary, Emma and McCreary visit Sohmer Park, where a traveling circus has set up its museum of curiosities. Among the exhibits is the axe used by Montrealer Adolphus Dewey to murder his wife in 1833. That same evening, a couple is found dead near the big top; clearly, the killer was inspired by the gruesome murder that occurred sixty years earlier. Now without his partner, Inspector Arcand, and despite the police making his life difficult, Joseph conducts his own investigation. This leads him to question the showmen, and he discovers a strange world, full of secrets
Gold Rush
Author: Cornell, Sam
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Year: 2023 | Pages: 78 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 86883
In Dakota, 1876, a mere weeks after the American army's defeat at the Little Bighorn battlefield, vengeance fuels the relentless pursuit of rebel forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Despite the harsh elements of cold, rain, and hunger, General George Crook remains resolute in his quest for revenge. As September dawns, the ominous hills of the Black Hills present a prime opportunity for retribution. However, Crook soon discovers a formidable adversary beyond anything he could have envisioned, defying all expectations and comprehension
A Shot in the Dark
Author: Lee, Victoria
Genre: Romance
Year: 2025 | Pages: 408 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91800
Elisheva Cohen returns to Brooklyn after being rejected by her Orthodox community because of her drug addiction. Wyatt Cole was discharged from the army and disowned by his family after coming out as transgender.
To keep moving forward despite their hardships, they both find refuge in photography: she by returning to her studies, he through his flourishing artistic career. They meet one evening, discover each other, and recognize themselves in their shared pain; the chemistry is undeniable...
... until Ely realizes that Wyatt is her new mentor. This new teacher-student relationship complicates things. Will they be able to overcome the pain of the past? How do you cope when you want what you can't have?
L'accompagnatrice
Translated title: The Accompanist
Author: Berberova, Nina
Genre: Social Novel / Historical
Year: 2024 | Pages: 108 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 86889
Translated
Set in Saint Petersburg in 1919 and Paris in 1920, this tale unfolds around a singer and her accompanist, their tumultuous relationship echoing the aftermath of the recent upheavals in Russia
