HAPPY WORLD BOOK NIGHT!
Today, the world is celebrating books and readers. The 23rd of April - which marks the anniversary of the deaths of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes - was made “World Book Day” by UNESCO. Passionate volunteers will gather throughout the UK tonight to share their love for reading and give away books they liked to readers-to-be. There will be a whole night of book events to follow, from authorised book picking at the British Library to Penguin’s books in Halo taxis.
On this occasion the Book Office team wanted to share the 3 thrillers that kept us reading all night, 3 unputdownable books, as we call them. Get a chance to win these books on Facebook and Twitter!
Camille by Pierre Lemaître, Andrea’s choice
Anne Forestier finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time when she is trapped in the middle of a raid on a jewellers on the Champs-Élysées. Shot three times, she is lucky to survive - and morbidly unlucky to remember the face of her assailant.
After The Crash by Michel Bussi, Hélène’s choice
On the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl. Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her, sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie?
Arab Jazz by Karim Miské, Lucie’s choice
Kosher sushi, kebabs, a second hand bookshop and a bar: the 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan neighbourhood where multicultural citizens live, love and worship alongside one another. This peace is shattered when Ahmed Taroudant's melancholy daydreams are interrupted by the blood dripping from his upstairs neighbour's brutally mutilated corps