Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a new gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong - and the nightmare that follows.

After Paul and Chelsea Tanner's fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them - and why?

It appears this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for answers soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA and French intelligence trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.

Details

ISBN13: 9781399703475
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 352
Edition:
Publication Date: 29 Sep 2026
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication City, Country: United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 23.2(H)x15.2(L)x3(W)432
Weight (gm): 432

Author Biography

Since The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has published a number one bestseller every year. His books have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Nine have been adapted to film, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill.

His first work of non-fiction, The Innocent Man, was adapted into a six-part Netflix docuseries; his second, Framed, highlights work with organisations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted.

He is the two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honoured with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

John lives on a farm in central Virginia.

Reviews

The best thriller writer alive -- Ken Follett
No one does it better -- Chris Whitaker
Grisham's books have shaped the way millions see the law and its discontents * Time *
A master storytellers * Huffington Post *
Grisham has remained a peerless storyteller with an ironclad readership base ... his gifts are given full rein in The French Illusion ... this is vintage Grisham * Financial Times *
A harrowing read, leavened by the occasional quip, from a master storyteller burned up by injustice * SAGA MAGAZINE *
Packed with twists, danger and action from the off * The Sun *
Grisham takes a page from le Carré ... A timely commentary on American foreign policy and lawlessness in war * The New York Times *