THE FRENCH ILLUSION
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RANSOM BY DANIEL SILVA
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BY SAMEENA AMIEN AND CHARIS TORRANCE
THE FRENCH ILLUSION
BY JOHN GRISHAM
YOU’ LL LOVE IT HERE
BY NATALIE SUE
RANSOM BY DANIEL SILVA
Chelsea and Paul Tanner are honeymooning in Paris when they’ re abducted and thrown into separate cells. The ransom? $ 2 million each and total secrecy. Videos of the couple after they have been assaulted are sent to their parents. The money is paid, Chelsea is released, but Paul is taken to an unknown destination and tortured.
What the families don’ t know is that theirs is the third such incident involving American honeymooners, all linked to victims with low-key military and US Justice Department connections. Enter FBI agent Rai Claire, who hatches a plan. Grisham’ s pace is deceptively simple, and you may spot hints of the final reveal, but that doesn’ t stop this from being a one-day gulp.
Just as Mona’ s hard work seem to be paying off, her life falls apart. Instead of a promotion, she is put on mandatory leave.
Then a fire alarm causes her landlady, Irene, to fall and end up out of action. Irene’ s realtor niece offers Mona a deal: step in as temporary super, help prepare the building for sale, and she’ ll land a spot in a sleek new apartment complex. The catch? Keep it quiet.
It’ s the perfect distraction, until Mona gets to know her quirky neighbours and realises they’ re becoming the friends she never knew she needed. Add Sami, the charming local diner owner whose warmth clashes beautifully with Mona’ s dry cynicism, and moving on suddenly isn’ t so simple.
The 26th novel in Daniel Silva’ s Gabriel Allon series sees the legendary art restorer and spy on the trail of the missing British socialite.
Alice Winter appears to have the perfect life: a grand estate, a billionaire husband, and millions of followers. While on holiday with her friends, she disappears without a trace. Her husband, property baron Edward Knight, turns to Gabriel Allon for help.
As always, not everything is what it seems. What begins as a kidnapping soon becomes a high-stakes web of cyber espionage and Russian intrigue. Fast, polished, and packed with twists, Ransom shows why Silva remains a master of international suspense.
12 INBOUND SA / NOVEMBER 2026