Bookworm

  Author: Karen Swan  Publisher: Penguin Books  Publishing Date: 8th October 2026  Many thanks to Random Things Tours and the Publishing Team for my physical copy of the book and a spot on the tour  Blurb  In a grand villa on the shores of Lake Geneva, Dulcie’s grandmother nears the end of her glamourous and eventful life. The days pass quietly to the reassuring tick of the Swiss clock – until a visitor comes to their door… 1961 In the streets of Paris, Lise Erlach is in love. Twenty-two years old, the beautiful young Ambassador’s wife enjoys the very best the city has to offer: glittering receptions, a magnificent residence and an address book filled with the numbers of the Parisian elite. She is wanted at every party…and by one man above all. Their affair dazzles them both but in a distant sea, a crisis is brewing that will change their paths forever. Present day As snow falls upon the Alps, Dulcie sits by her grandmother’s bed, undisturbed until the visi...