β Scribed by David Foenkinos
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The first book in the Walter Presents library: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books
Readers always find themselves in a book, one way or another
In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it.
The book is a sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author β apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef from Crozon. Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man have written such a masterpiece? An obstinate journalist, Jean-Michel Rouche, heads to Brittany to investigate.
By turns funny and moving, The Mystery of Henri Pick is a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books - and of the authors...
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In un piccolo paese della costa bretone, asserragliata tra il cielo plumbeo del nord e il vento freddo proveniente dal mare, si trova una biblioteca unica. Raccoglie, infatti, i manoscritti rifiutati dagli editori, colleziona insomma i sogni infranti e le illusioni perdute degli aspiranti scrittori.
The Mystery of The Pink Aura (A Witchβs Cove Mystery, Book 3)
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