A Girl Called Flotsam

Wartime Paris and contemporary London feature in this page-turning novel which is at once a compelling mystery and a captivating love story. For fans of William Boyd, Joanne Harris and Sebastian Faulks

Wartime Paris and contemporary London feature in this page turning-novel which is at once a captivating love story and a compelling mystery. Filmmaker Beatrice Palmentier is about to make two journeys, one back a thousand years to Saxon London, the other to wartime France. Along the way she finds love and discovers some truths about herself.Beatrice Palmentier is 36, an award-winning director and discontent. She is about to embark on a new documentary featuring reknowned restaurateur Jospeh Troumeg, when the discovery of a skull on the Thames riverbank throws her off course.