The 6:41 to paris - jean-philippe blondel

A strong plot and a touching portrayal of how any of us might feel when unexpectedly confronted by the detritus of young love .

The 6:41 to Paris is a timely reminder that the past is always waiting to ambush us.

-- The New York Times Sunday Book Review Perfectly written and a remarkably suspenseful read .

an absorbing, intriguing, insightful book for all readers.

-- Library Journal (Starred review) C cile, a stylish forty-seven-year-old, has spent the weekend visiting her parents in a provincial town southeast of Paris.

By early Monday morning, shes exhausted.

These trips back home are always stressful and she settles into a train compartment with an empty seat beside her.

But its soon occupied by a man she instantly recognizes: Philippe Leduc, with whom she had a passionate affair that ended in her brutal humiliation thirty years ago.

In the fraught hour and a half that ensues, their express train hurtles towards the French capital.

C cile and Philippe undertake their own face to face journey--In silence? What could they possibly say to one another?--with the reader gaining entr e to the most private of thoughts.

This is a psychological thriller about past romance, with all its pain and promise.

Reading group guide is available from New Vessel Press.