A Murder in Paris: A Novel

Written by Matthew Blake

Narrated by Josh Wichard, Rose Robinson and Penelope Rawlins

An expert in memory must uncover the truth about her family’s wartime past in this dazzling psychological thriller from the #1 international bestselling author of Anna O.

Olivia Finn is a memory expert at Charing Cross Hospital in London. One night, she receives an urgent call from the police at the Hotel Lutetia on Paris’s famous Left Bank. Olivia’s French grandmother, Josephine Benoit, has appeared at the Lutetia in a distressed state claiming she once committed a murder in the hotel at the end of the Second World War.

Traveling to Paris, Olivia finds her grandmother confused. But Josephine insists it is a recovered memory from the past. More disturbingly, hotel records show that a woman did die in that room of the Lutetia in 1945. Could her story really be true?

As people start dying in the present day, Olivia is plunged into a race against time to uncover the truth about Josephine and what really happened all those years ago. Set among the glamorous streets of Paris, this addictive thriller asks: what if a memory could get you killed?

• A great read for spooky-season nights
• A perfect addition to any Halloween reading list

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Sep 30, 2025
• ISBN: 9780063314221

Matthew Blake

Matthew Blake is a novelist and screenwriter. His debut psychological thriller Anna O was a global number-one bestseller and published in over 40 territories. It is being developed for the screen by Netflix.