The French Illusion
A Novel
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4.2 • 1.8K Ratings
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Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham delivers a gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong—and the nightmare that follows.
After Paul and Chelsea Tanner’s fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them, and why? It turns out this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for clues soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA, and French Intelligence trying to work together to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.
Propulsive and surprising, The French Illusion is an unmistakable Grisham thrill ride—gripping and impossible to put down.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The life-or-death stakes of a brutal kidnapping give way to an international espionage plot in John Grisham’s fever-pitched thriller. When Chelsea and Paul are kidnapped during their honeymoon in Paris, Chelsea’s well-off parents have no trouble paying her ransom and gaining her freedom. But even after Paul’s middle-class family practically moves mountains to do the same, the abductors refuse to let him go. It’s a situation with kidnapped newlyweds that the FBI’s Andrew Strong keeps encountering—and in every case, the groom served in the military. The story unfolds at a furious pace, and Grisham keeps you just as desperate to discover the criminals’ true intentions as the story’s highly competent investigators. Soon, the action shifts to a CIA agent and a former Justice Department prosecutor as they plan a high-stakes sting operation. It’s a whipsawing thrill ride you’ll never want to end.
Customer Reviews
Grisham BOUNCES BACK
I didn’t know if I could finish the book. There’s some pretty harsh stuff—like “waterboarding.” But this novel gave e incite into subjects I usually avoid and “ spoiler alert ,” the ending is a happy one.
Good read
Worth the read. Nothing deep like Grisham’s best, but a good page turner.
Exciting read with a lame finish
A story laced with lots of Grisham political agenda but an exciting read right up to a lame finish with lots of holes.