Grace Hancock

What makes life worth living? In a set of interconnected stories, several Paris residents see their lives turned upside down when death knocks at their door: a narcissistic Italian opera singer wakes up at the morgue only to realise her own passing came unnoticed; a British stuntman finds himself questioning his own profession when his son suffers an accident; an eccentric elderly Colombian woman makes a pact with death itself... While each character strives to reconnect with what matters most, the city of light, love and endless possibility shines brighter than ever.

Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

Grandson of a legendary rugby player, son of a legendary rugby player, and he himself a legendary rugby player, Jo Canavero raises his only son, Tom, in a small village in the Tarn region. To the great displeasure of Jo, thirteen-year-old Tom is as good at math as he is useless on the rugby field. For a Canavero, the legend can't stop there, even if it means setting up a rugby team specifically for Tom, despite the wishes of the whole village and of Tom himself.

In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

In June 1944 , shortly before the Normandy landings , Denis Porte works on a British military base that is completely fake. Every day, he moves dummy soldiers to deceive the troops of the Third Reich , as part of the vast Operation Fortitude . While several members of his family have died as heroes for France, Denis's mother does not want him to take too many risks. However, Denis will meet Sami, an Algerian doctor . The latter dreams of meeting Charles de Gaulle . After a drunken evening, the two men decide to go and meet the general.

Martin, a race car driver suffers a terrible accident. Awaking from a coma he is subjected to a long recovery after which he discovers his true mission in life.