What building doesn't have secrets?
How much does anyone know of what goes on behind their neighbour's doors?
On a hot June day, grief-stricken Edward arrives in Paris hoping that a stay in a friend's empty apartment will help him mend. But this is not the Paris he knows: there are no landmarks or grand boulevards, and the apartment he was promised is little more than an attic room.
In the apartments below him, his new neighbours fill their flats with secrets. A young mother is on the brink, a bookshop owner buries her past, and a banker takes up a dark and malicious new calling.
Before he knows it, Edward will find himself entangled in their web, and as the summer heat intensifies so do tensions within and without the building, leading to a city-wide wave of violence, and a reckoning within the walls of number 37.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781473641563
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 140 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 22 mm
An engaging debut that throws light on a hidden side of Paris. - Woman & Home
Confident and brilliant - Lisa O'Donnell
This book played into my acute nosiness, throwing open the doors to the fictional lives of the residents of number 37 . . . It'll open your heart and your mind. It certainly did mine. - The Pool
A multi-layered novel, elevated by fine writing, in which our traditional view of Paris is debunked to show a less familiar side of the city. Cooper's expertly realised characters, both sympathetic and not, have stories that are interwoven with aplomb. - Daily Mail
Cooper has written a Ship of Fools for today, bringing forth the poetry and pathos of ordinary lives. - The Lady
The Paris of this skillful yet tender debut novel is not the Paris of our Eurostar mini breaks. - Red Online
Cooper's characters are what make this novel so readable. - The Herald
The writing tantalizingly evokes the sights and sounds of Paris while also giving us an eye-opening perspective of a side of the city that we don't know much about. It is a nuanced portrayal of relationships and the whole spectrum of human emotions. - Book Riot
This beautifully written debut is about love and loss. - Nina Pottell, Prima
Timely and thoughtful, it's perhaps one of the first novels to reflect back the state of our current society. - The Idle Woman blog
I absolutely loved this book and I can't wait to read more from the author who I'm sure has a glittering career ahead of her. - What Cathy Read Next
The writing is exquisite and discursive. - Isobel Blackthorn
An erudite and engaging read - Bookliterati
Cooper's writing is exceptional. ... It's a beautifully crafted novel. - Book and Brew
An enchanting and beautifully written debut - Jo's Book Blog
It's the voices of various neighbours in their apartment block that make this novel special. - AnOther Magazine
In a Paris tense with summer heat, anger and hate drive its people to drastic action, in this intensely satisfying and timely novel of a city in crisis. - Aileen Smyth, Dubray Rathmines
I was really, really impressed with this book; despite being a debut is it has such an assured feel to it. From the beginning I was drawn into the stories of the various individuals living at Number 37, storing up the... More
An apartment in Paris filled with people from all corner of the globe – now I’ve lived in such a place and didn’t know my neighbours either – that planted the seed for wanting to see behind the closed doors of this... More
I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
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