Richard C. Morais – a quick Q&A

A second interview with the author of The Hundred-foot Journey, out this month through Alma Books.

Win a copy of The Hundred Foot Journey in the May competition tomorrow on Bookhugger!

Ten questions with Richard C. Morais

A quick ten questions with the author of The Hundred-foot Journey, out this month through Alma Books.

Watch for a second interview and competition later this month on Bookhugger.

Armand Cabasson interviewed by Scott Pack

Armand Cabasson is a prize-winning author and psychiatrist who lives in the north of France. He is a member of the French Napoleonic Society and has used his extensive research to create The Napoleonic Murders series. Featuring Quentin Margont, these novels create a vivid portrait of the Napoleonic campaigns.

Read an extract from The Hundred-foot Journey, by Richard C. Morais

Full of eccentric characters, hilarious cultural mishaps, vivid settings and delicious meals described in rich, sensuous detail, The Hundred-foot Journey lays bare the inner workings of the elite world of French haute cuisine, and provides a life- affirming and poignant coming-of-age tale.

Read a second extract from Where Would I Be Without You? by Guillaume Musso

Sometimes, a second chance can come out of nowhere… we proudly present a second extract from from Guillaume Musso’s bestselling novel Where Would I be Without You? Published in the UK in April by Gallic Books.

Read an extract from Where Would I Be Without You?

Sometimes, a second chance can come out of nowhere… download an extract from Guillaume Musso’s bestselling novel Where Would I be Without You? published in the UK in April.

An interview with Guillaume Musso

Guillaume Musso is one of the most popular authors in France today. He was born in 1974 in Antibes where he still lives.

His bestselling novel Where Would I be Without You? will be published in the UK in April.

Read a second extract from The Baker Street Phantom

Read on for our second exciting extract from Fabrice Bourland’s first fantasy crime novel…

Visit our sister website, Bookdagger, next week for a chance to win a copy of The Baker Street Phantom

An interview with Fabrice Bourland

Author of The Baker Street Phantom, forthcoming in early 2011, interviewed for Bookhugger by Anna Brown

Win proof copies of Monsieur Montespan [closed]

Courtesy of Gallic Books, we have three proof copies of Jean Teulé’s forthcoming novel – the hilarious, bawdy and touching story of a good man who loved too well and dared challenge the absolute power of the Sun King himself.

The Paris I Love, by François Lelord

We asked François Lelord, the bestselling author of Hector and the Search for Happiness and the upcoming Hector and the Secrets of Love to describe his favourite places in Paris.

Hector Loves Clara

Read an extract from acclaimed writer and psychiatrist, François Lelord’s follow-up to the multi-million-selling Hector and the Search for Happiness. A new fable filled with thoughtful insights into the very human desire to find and keep love, Hector and the Secrets of Love.

The Booklist: Travel writing

Just as you’re about to go back to work after your summer holidays, Bookhugger’s publishers suggest some fine travel titles to get that wanderlust going again…

An interview with Jean-François Parot

An in-depth interview with the author of the best-selling Nicolas le Floch thrillers, the latest of which, The Saint-Florentin Murders is soon to be published.

Read an extract from The Saint-Florentin Murders by Jean-François Parot

The fifth exciting adventure for Nicolas Le Floch, to be published in October, has it all: serial crimes and a bizarre murder weapon, as well as debauchery, espionage, and the follies of a young court where ancient rivalries and grudges still linger. Read the prologue and first chapter exclusively here on Bookhugger…

Read an extract from the fifth Victor Legris Mystery, The Predator of Batignolles

In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893, Victor Legris has vowed to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books. But a murderer is at large in Paris, intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune.

Graham Robb on Parisians

No-one knows a city like the people who live there – so who better to relate the history of Paris than its inhabitants through the ages? Taking us from 1750 to the new millennium, Parisians introduces us to some of those inhabitants: we meet spies, soldiers, scientists and alchemists; police commissioners, photographers and philosophers; adulterers, murderers, prisoners and prostitutes.

Read an extract from The Nicolas le Floch Affair, by Jean-François Parot

Commissioner Le Floch’s adventures reach their fourth instalment in Jean-François Parot’s acclaimed historical crime series.

Watch the trailer for No and Me, by Delphine de Vigan

Watch a trailer for Delphine de Vigan’s bestselling novel, No and Me, newly translated from the French by George Miller.

An interview with Jean-Francois Parot, by Anna Brown

Anna Brown interviews Gallic Books’ master of historical crime, Jean-Francois Parot, and talks to him about diplomacy, food, and his creation, police commissioner Nicolas le Floch.

Read the first chapter of The Sun King Rises

Enjoy the first chapter of Jego Yves and Lepee Denis’s explosive historical thriller with Bookhugger.

The Book Doctor at large

The Book Doctor – a National Help Service for those with problems of a bookish disposition (don’t forget that you too can ask the Book Doctor for help). Without further ado, here are this month’s victims, erm, patients…