Gregoire Delacourt Father

A novel of anger. And therefore, of love.

“Father is, in a way, a classic father and son story, and therefore a story of good and evil. Remember Abraham. I’ve been wanting for some time to write a story about a child, abused by someone out- side of the family, whose father is forced to reexamine the way he himself was raised. So, when Edouard discovers who molested his son and confronts him, does he have the right to cross the lines of civil justice, a system that barely takes into consideration the devas- tation inflicted on the lives of these children? And when one finds out that the aggressor 1st print-run is a priest and one is caught up in the tor- 224 p. February 2019 70,000 copies ment of these horrific affairs that the Church will do everything in its power to stifle, can one honestly remain silent? Can forgiving Option: one’s abuser really bring solace to the victim? - Bulgaria (Fakel) Father is a tension-filled huis-clos between a

HIGHLIGHT - Germany (Hoffman und Campe) - Italy (De Agostini) priest and a father. The former a rapist, the lat- - Russia (Eksmo) ter, outraged. It lasts almost three days, three - Spain (Maeva) days of lies, cowardice and violence. Three - UK (Orion) days during which the father remembers the disintegration of his marriage, how his son was torn between mother and father, and alone, Grégoire Delacourt published his making him the perfect prey for monsters like first novel L’écrivain de la famille in this priest. Three days during which the an- 2011, and in 2012 his first bestseller, cient story of sons sacrificed by their father translated in 35 countries, La Liste de mes envies/ My Wishes, followed plays out, starting with that of Abraham.” by several bestsellers including La femme qui ne vieillissait pas (2018). His books have been sold worldwide! Delphine de Vigan The Gratitudes

Can we ever thank enough those who have loved us, helped us and without whom we wouldn’t really be who we are?

“I am a speech therapist. My work is with words and silence. Things left unsaid. I work with shame, secrets and regret. I work with absence, memories erased and those that surface unexpectedly, prompted by a name,

an image or a word. I work with the pain of HIGHLIGHT yesterday and that of today. People tell me things in confidence, and of their fear of death. This is all part of my job. But what continues to surprise me, even astound me, after more than ten years, what literally takes my breath away, is 1st print-run the persistence of childhood suffering. It 165,000 copies leaves a burning, incandescent imprint on life, regardless of time. It cannot be erased.” 176 p. March 2019 Michka is slowly losing the ability to A luminous novel with a remarkable speak. Two people accompany her: Ma- verbal and narrative inventiveness rie, a young woman she is very close that confirms the author’s talent in to and Jérôme, her speech therapist. continually renewing herself wi- thout losing her psychological finesse, narrative art and pure emo- tion that have made her success.

About The Loyalties, her previous novel

A monumental novel that can be read in one sitting. Psychological suspense combines with great narrative tension to explore the hid- den laws that define our intimate relationships with the world.

• 160,000 copies sold! • Sold in 19 countries (Catalonia, China, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK, US)

Delphine de Vigan is notably the author of No and Me, Under- ground Time and Nothing Holds Back the Night. Based on a True Story (2015) won the Prix Renaudot and the Goncourt des Ly- céens and was adapted to cinema by Roman Polanski. Her books have been translated all over the world. Based on a True Story sold more than 650,000 copies and was translated in 25 territories. Eric Fouassier Twice You Will Die

LES FRANCS-ROYAUMES

An amazing historical crime novel trilogy

Murder, sex lies, treason…

Eric Fouassier brings vividly to life a for- gotten period in the history of : the Merovingian Dynasty when everything and anything is permissible. An addictive intrigue and two powerful heroes in a medieval setting that will appeal to fans of Game of Thrones.

Since the death of Clovis’ last son in 561, three 504 p. March 2019 heirs of equal power share the kingdom of the Franks. But only one can survive to rule over all…

In the palace of Rouen in the year 569, A game of thrones Galswintha, the young wife of Chilperic, one of Clovis’ three grandsons, dies smothered in HIGHLIGHT as real as it is her bedroom. Soon after, her assassin is found stabbed to death… Four years later, Galswin- deadly! tha’s sister, queen Brunhilda of Austrasia, is convinced that the whole truth of this sordid murder has yet to be revealed. She recruits Bringing to life this somber age of the Arsenius Pontius, a young, educated Gal- founding of France, where murder, sex lo-Roman to travel to Rouen to investigate. and revenge are instruments of power, Eric Fouassier links historic accuracy In Rouen, a former Thuringian princess, now with romantic creativity to carry the rea- slave to the Franks, named Wintrude offers him der away in this exciting investigation. some vital information. The young woman, in- directly involved in Galswintha’s murder, was forced to place herself under the protection of the Born in 1963, Eric Fouassier is a member of church to escape Chilperic’s men who were or- the Académie national de pharmacie, spe- dered to silence her… After escaping an attempt cialist in the history of pharmacy that he has on his own life, Arsenius learns that a conflict is been teaching at University for over twenty years. He is also a lover of tracking games about to break out between Neustria and Austra- with clues and enigmas. sia. Running out of time, Arsenius and Wintrude have no choice but to reveal the truth before the game of thrones ignites all of Merovingian Gaul. Eric Giacometti Jacques Ravenne The Night of Evil

Autumn 1941. After the initial devastation of Göring’s bombings, London has sprung back to life and is resisting. With the war’s outcome still uncertain, British intelligence officer Mal- lorley interrogates his prisoner, Rudolf Hess, SS master of esotericism, to learn his secret strategy. HIGHLIGHT On the other side of Europe, the Nazi insti- tute specialized in archeology and the occult, The Ahnenerbe, is excavating the antique site of Cnossos in Crete in the hopes of finding the third Swastika that, according to an ancient prophesy, will make its owner master of the world. Erika and Tristan are part of the expe- dition. Despite a series of mysterious assassi- nations, they come across a lead to the Swas- tika. What follows is a harrowing race against time from the Wewelsburg Castle to the ab- bey in Austria where Hitler worshiped in his youth, and finally to Venice for the ultimate duel in this underground war. Because in or- der to acquire the missing Swastika, it’s Hitler himself who must be dealt with.

This second opus of the Soleil Noir trilogy explores the unknown links between Nazism and esotericism. The authors have devoted a large part of this book to uncovering the true historical influences of esoteric thought and 450 p. May 2019 factions in Hitler’s rise to power. Option in 7 countries 60,000 copies sold of V.1 • China (Beijing Red Dot) • Italy (Mondadori) • Japan (Take Shobo) • Poland (Sonia Draga) • Serbia (Vulkan) • Spain (Grijalbo) • WEL: Hodder

Eric Giacometti was a journalist with daily newspaper. He is also the scenarist for the Largo Winch album. Jacques Ravenne is a writer and Master Freemason specialized in ancient manuscripts. The series with hero Commissioner Marcas that they created together has sold over 2 million copies all over the world. FICTION violent, cruel, tragic, poetic and comical. poeticand tragic, violent, cruel, ourbitterness.and result mix,the sentiments and money When can be turning pointsinourexistence, our joys,oursorrows witness who those triesdown and to knots. the undo linkbetweenopposed parties.the getspeople She talking, calms things familydeath inthe oraninheritance. Claire to isawitness acts these and forwhether amarriage contract, acquiring adivorce, anapartment, a paths orgetripped pointoranother, Atone apart. upthere, weallend struggles. A notary office is a place where people’s lives are cross joined, herself to clients her implicated isemotionally and intimate intheir life ry personal life. Claire envisions office the world irony, without devotes office, dayatthe the youwouldnever her solita about guessanything to time stand. during enjoys a one-night time, But, lunch break from and, motorcycle, tattoos, has lives alone, reads Marguerite Duras novels on her responsibilities. getsaround She ona from where grew she upfree public should look like. parents her is32, She runafarm inBourgogne office is rife withstrategic betrayals. alliances and are broken. and made Actsonpeople’s weighheavily lives. the And vel. first countryside.Thisisher no the between time divides her Paris and in 1978. Confirmed she insomniac, Gabrielle Levy 272 p. March 2019 This isafascinating immersion into lives the present ofthose atthe Claire Castaigne doesn’t look like anything anotary weimagine what ClaireAt age 32, is hired by a prestigious notarial office. Here, ties was born in Brussels G C The Acts The uidot ecile in lessthan24 - Sold inItaly hours! finally help them allsleep?help them finally by sleep specialist Marie-Hélène isdetermined who to them. help normal activities. daytime attend They regular hosted meetings from chronic isgradually insomniathat excluding allsufferThey from them accountant anxiouslyawaitshisprofessional who darkness. inthe emails ly mornings outinanearby byhelping café. nervous Hervéisashyand around insideachurch. Lena adolescent isayoung occupies who ear her with adark secret urges that to her leave bedevery her nightto wander ted onlybysporadic calls. phone anonymous Michele isagentle retiree psychiatrist ofhiscareer end the near solitude,interrup nighttime whose husband’sher snoring own.Jacques her isnot boywho ayoung and isa cannotwho conform to rhythms. its“normal” long Itisalsoareflection dark… waitinthe how societytreats on those storydent pen,thisisthe offive people nightsare whose buta nothing a of finding remedy their lives.hope that is ruining to an affliction in common: insomnia. thing Each week they get together in the The Rendez-Vous of Insomniacs of Rendez-Vous The Confessions are made and friendships are formedConfessions butwillthistherapy are friendships and made Claire fears ofsilence immensity the countryside inthe where lives, she An inventive tightly-woven and intrigue, likable characters aconfi and allwalks oflife have who Five women onlyone and men from G abrielle L - evy Les Actes public specialized infamily law. Cécile Guidot After theater studying law, and is her first isher novel. became a notary anotary became 448 p.448 April 2019 - - -

Xavier de Moulins Life Without You

Love, death, family, betrayal: in the story of this couple’s struggle, everything is true, everything is false, and nothing is as it appears.

Paul and Eva loved each other until their world was shat- tered by the accidental death of their eldest son, Stan.

Eva finds refuge in her work in finance, the mar- ket and fusions/acquisitions. Riddled with guilt and grief, she keeps up a stoic front for her two daughters. Paul is an artist, a painter who has lost his inspiration to the point of putting his upcoming exposition in jeopardy, much to the cha- 304 p. April 2019 grin of his agent and best friend, Peter. He owes his survival to Xavier du Moulins is a journa- the “talks” he has with his dead son. Even if he has never spoken list and anchorman of the 7:45 about it to anyone, he is convinced that Stan is still there by his side. news on M6. Since the publica- The couple manages to stay together for better or worse until tion of Que ton règne vienne in Eva meets Andreas. With this disconcerting man who seems to un-

2014 with Lattès, he has been in- derstand her better than she understands herself, she feels reborn FICTION vestigating the mechanisms of and doesn’t imagine for one second that she might lose everything. modern relationships and family.

Sold in Germany (Droemer) avid in less than 24 D hours! Zaoui Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken

“Alfredo, have you ever thought about what your life will be like if you don’t make it as an artist? What will you do? Drive a truck, sell business cards, become a slam poet? What will you do since you don’t really know how to do anything?“

In a social housing project outside of Paris, Alfredo Scali lives next door to his parents and dreams of making a career out of his painting. But he does not want to be just any painter! He dedicates his work to the subconscious minds of animals: bipolar bears and kleptomaniac crabs 288 p. February 2019 are just some of his subjects… Surrounded by his zookeeper father, an obsessive, pastry-baking mother, David Zaoui was born in 1977 in the a grandmother losing her battle with Alzheimer’s, an enchanting yet suburbs of Paris. He took acting unattainable female Italian tourist and an unemployment counselor lessons and worked as a film direc- who specializes in mind-numbing jobs, his life as an artist full of hopes tor and producer for several years in and doubts appears compromised. the USA. Today he devotes his time Everything changes when Alfredo inherits Schmidt, the therapy monkey to writing. assigned to help his grandmother. But Schmidt, a malicious Capuchin His first novel,I am a humanist monkey, is about to turn our hero’s life - and his painting career - upside killer (Paul et Mike, 2018) earned down… him the Best First Novel Award at Chambéry Literary festival. From the Paris suburbs to Montmartre, from an inner-city chip shop to the beaches of Santo Domingo, this tender and eccentric novel asks the only question worth asking: what does it mean to succeed in life? FICTION 350 p. February 2019 bothoverwhelming adulthood, and timeless. and lescence Describing betweenchildhood moment the past. atime and scent ofwhite school glue. brought back to life, justlike youbreathe when particular inthat almond Walkman, screech the ofchalk onablackboard… Awhole era bygone roine’s adolescent torments childhood asher slowly disintegrates. chaos: adistraught mother, afather looking for he the away out and recipient isthe house offamily secrets, harsh whispers midstof inthe ismore he yetnow and ever. absentthan uniquetelephone The ofthe ther. big infact family the that beginsto distance ano one themselves from suburbsCharlotte, the to ahugeParis moved they so apartment, from great societal change. is her firstis her novel. children. teaches to art her others, especially Hélène Jousse L’Odeur de la colle enpot Cafés where smoking isstillpermitted, telephone booths,musicina fatherTheir wanted to move closer to devours hisjobthat allhistime, In September 1991 Caroline isthirteen. parents Withher sister and of duringatime ofchildhoodagefirst crushes end the The and The Smell of White Glue White of Smell The Les deLouis mains Braille is asculptress. She B A is the nostalgic isthe yetgraceful portrait ofado reau dele is destinybutalife impacts that others? ofmany that a system would that transform lives the forever. blind ofthe what After all, with hisfingertips then and to goon to invent, before ageofeighteen, the known exists. method any intention ofteaching boarders to how read. for And goodreason: no inthiscoldinstitution for but, blind the austere and building, has one no age three. Determined nevertheless to learn to read, Louis enters royal the Louis wasa bright active and child lost who hissightinanaccident at butpracticallyname isknown nothing ofhislife. first into aninvestigation ofthis forgotten genius. Everyoneheardhas his receives a request to write a biopic on Louis Braille. head plunges She Constance discovers Louis’s young struggle, first to imagine reading retracesShe hisearly years 19thcentury ofthe beginning atthe when Constance, asuccessful playwright forties, inher recently widowed, exploresA bookthat little-known life the ofhero, Louis Braille. Louis Braille’s Fingertips Braille’s Louis

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Didier Le Pecheur A Brief Wish For Eternity

A romantic and Romanesque fresco portraying the destiny of a group of characters in Paris in the 1890’s.

A series of bomb attacks are terrorizing the capital and the police are searching for the anarchist, Ravachol. When a garçon de café named Jules Lherot recognizes him as one of his customers and tips off the po- lice, they move in to arrest him. Immediately, word gets out in the anar- chist community and Lhérot becomes a target for revenge.

Zelie, daughter of a working-class family, escapes from a detention 496 p. January 2019 center and decides that the only way to make a place for herself in the world is to sell her body. Didier Le Pêcheur is a film-maker She meets Jules who falls head over heels in love with her. He will and screenwriter for cinema and te- become a policeman and she, a prostitute. Their paths will cross those levision. He is the author of Le bord of police commissioner Raynaud, a humanitarian, Bolivar a perverted du monde (1988) and Les hommes cop, de Lefeu an unscrupulous journalist and Madeleine, a woman torn immobiles (2006) both published between her bourgeois life and her deepest desires. FICTION with Lattès. Le Pêcheur takes us to the heart of a harsh and sulfurous Paris, from . the beautiful rich quarters to the dark slums where rebels rule, in a world “To be devoured! ” where everyone has something to hide and where the survival of some Livres Hebdo leads inevitably to the suffering of others. Bruno Masi A Radiant Summer

Three summer months in a city in the South of France where an adolescent deals with boredom, stupid mistakes, and falling in love for the first time.

Marcus Miope is thirteen years old but he is an old man in the body of a child. A young boy with a weary soul, already exhausted from his time spent on Earth and the people he has encountered. But he is not cynical. He observes and questions the world around him.

That summer he is sitting on the edge of a highway bridge. Beneath his feet cars speed by, and in the distance can be seen crumbling buil- 192 p. February 2019 dings silhouetted by the red light of an enormous sun. The days stretch on endlessly. Aside from a few rides on his bike, there is nothing to do in Bruno Masi used to be journalist this rotten town. Marcus thinks about his mother, Annie, who has once for the French daily Liberation. again disappeared. He thinks about Noémie-Mélodie, Penelope and He has done many news reports his brother’s fists and some indistinguishable silhouette that scares him. in Africa, the USA and Ukraine. And when the noise of the cars becomes too loud, he goes to see the In 2011 he published the story Raccioni brothers shifty-eyed sprawledwho are lying on the benches in of his experience in Chernobyl front of the school. This is definitely not going to end well. (Editions Naïve), and then his first novel Nobody. He is educational “A rough diamond.” manager at the INA. Le Journal du Dimanche NON-FICTION book.“ others.ping peoplewill help inspiration find lives intheir meaning and throughhel poor, support and scientific research. strength The that to doanything tosage ofhope, encourage people to another, one help especiallythe tonew strengths find to Strengthskeep going. to continue mes a to send been atyoursidefor forty-eight years forces that youto digdeepinside adventure launching orthe first ofthe Paralympic inWestAfrica? games participating Paris-Beijing, inthe Beijing-London tandem orfrom blind knowledgewith no language, ofthe to lend inaschool ahand for the travelingHow could prevent itnot alone to aBrazilian you from favela, any more. Atagetwenty,Ifound outIwould byagefifty. beblind and literatureand travel and journals. stories, poems,essays onpainting l’Amérique which works: several novels (among ceted ofalarge author number Christian Garcin Born in1959Marseille, 2017) penal whichamong veral novels by published Minuit, Orleans. ofse author Heisthe Tanguy Viel I Can See My Happiness My See Can I 304 p. April 2019 These areThese stories ofthe some Iwant to messages and share inthis cataclysm: another then And had spousethat suddendeathofthe the How can such a cataclysm changenot coursethe of your existence? isGérard“My name Muller. Youdon’t Ican’t Iamand seewho see (First prize -RTL-Lire Award Les oiseaux morts de Les oiseauxmorts , Actes Sud 2018), short was born in1973 in M G Article 353Article du Code is the multifa isthe erard uller - - and time, and the confrontation between our imagination and reality. and between ourimagination confrontation the and time, and unforgettable literary meditation Voyage, on the ourrelationship to space colorful and “lettersand encounters, to a friend” beria, through ever without Japan China, and boarding aplane. challenged themselves to Americas the to travel Si world, the from topid, butnot pointoftravelling the for pleasure.” Together they more sedentary, avirtual signatory ofBeckett’s petition:“we’re stu by hisnumerous wanderings around globe. the Tanguy Viel ismuch plane. This book was born from those travels, those enriched with playful inventoryThis bookwasborn from Christian Garcin traveler isaseasoned writing whose isinspired Two writers take atrip around world the ever without boarding a C

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May 2019 ------Isabelle Crouzet Smile Power

Discover the positive impact of a smile, that simple contraction of facial muscles at the heart of our health and well-being.

A smile is more than a display of joy, it is an excellent remedy that we too often neglect and it fastens us to each other like Velcro. Through her thorough investigation of the smile, the numerous important discoveries in psychology, neuroscience and sociology and many personal anec- dotes, Isabelle Crouzet demonstrates that the smile is at the heart of our social relationships and our well-being. Here are some of the secrets she reveals:

184 p. January 2019 Just one smile is enough to lower blood pressure, slow down your pul- se and lower the stress hormone cortisol. The more you smile, the happier NON-FICTION Isabelle Crouzet is a translator you are. A smile reduces conflict, regulates emotion and social interac- specialized in psychology. tion. In a progressively more digitalized world, it reminds us of our com- La Force du sourire is her first mon humanity. book. After reading this book, you’ll want to smile all the time because to smile is to take the first step to finding joy in life.

On the bestselling lists since Frederic Pierucci publication! with Matthieu Aron The American Trap

Alstom, General Electric and the American justice system… This is the story of a man caught in the middle of a huge American destabi- lizing operation. A true economic thriller!

“Who is aware of the fact that in 2014 Americans took control of all French nuclear power plants? My name is Frédéric Pierucci and I found myself, through no fault of my own, at the heart of this little-known inter- national scandal. Ex- senior executive of Alstom, I have decided to reveal the truth to the general public.

On a professional trip to New York in April 2013, I was arrested and ac- cused of corruption involving the multinational company that employed me. I never received a cent through this transaction but the American au- thorities locked me up for 14 months in a maximum security prison. I was 480 p. January 2019 a hostage to force my company to pay the largest fine ever imposed by the United States. The consequences: Alstom was forced to sell its energy Former senior executive of Alstom in branch (in charge of the maintenance of our nuclear power plants) to an the Philippines, Frédéric Pierucci’s American company: General Electric! life is turned upside-down when he is arrested by the FBI under the Fo- My story is that of a man caught up in an implacable mechanism: reign Corruption Practice Act that al- Arbitrary detention in terrifying conditions, prosecutors whose principal lows the arrest of anyone, anywhere duty is financial gain, faulty trials… My story illustrates the secret eco- for suspicion of corruption. nomic war that the United States is waging against France and other countries. My story is a fight for truth to be known.” Matthieu Aron is a journalist and former associate director of the Nou- “A book that reads like a thriller!” vel Observateur. He has followed Frédéric Pierucci’s story since the be- Challenge ginning. Already sold in China and Japan! Matthieu Parcaroli The Crows’ Call

Fear can be hazardous to your health as our heroes are about to find out in the cruelest way possible.

Julie and Theo win an online competition for an all-inclusive weekend for two in a beautiful mountain villa near Crows’ Lake. A young couple of mo- dest means, they finally have the honeymoon they could never afford. But the dream stops short when another couple shows up claiming to have won the same competition.

To make matters worse, the remote area where they are located is snowed- in and has no cell phone service so they can’t contact the game’s organizers. The romantic atmosphere soon turns nightmarish when they realize they are closed off from the outside world on an immense property and one of them 240 p. . March 2019 vanishes during a hike. Matthieu Parcaroli is 38 and director of a priority-educa- tion school in Meurthe-et-Mo- selle. This is his first novel. Jean-Christophe Portes Midnight in the Manor Garden

A contemporary first novel written in an alert style, with sympathetic THRILLERS characters and an animated plot.

Denis Florin is a young, slightly eccentric, notary public. He lives by himself with his adorable but crazy grandmother, Colette, in a large manor house in Normandy. Denis prefers that people leave him alone so he can devote himself to his favorite pastime: reenacting the Battle of Marignan with his figurines. One day in January upon returning home he is horrified by the discovery of a decapitated head on a stick in the manor garden. The eyes and teeth 384 p. March 2019 are replaced by gold coins. Panic-stricken, he barricades himself at home and realizes his grandmother is missing. The press soon swoops in and De- Jean-Christophe Portes was nis finds himself a prime suspect. It’s all too much for one man, especially a awarded the Prix polar Saint man like Denis Florin. A television journalist, Nadget, who curses like a sailor, Maur en Poche in 2018 for his is convinced of his innocence and is determined to help him clear his name. s e r i e s starring Inspector Dau- While hunting for Colette, they discover that a 500 year-old treasure might be terive published at City Editions. hidden somewhere in the manor…

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