The Paris files: a novel

By: Jurczyk, Eva

Published by Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2026

"Genie St. Onge's heart is broken more often than it's not-but that doesn't stop her from diving in head-first when she meets Jacob Ford in the Philippines. From the start, Genie knows their love is special. Their runaway romance finds them in the City of Love, where they rent a dreamy apartment in Paris's 11th arrondissement to plot out their future together. That is, until Genie wakes to find the man of her dreams has disappeared. Jacob would never abandon the love of his life, so when Genie rules out an accident by calling every hospital in Paris, the only explanation is that someone must have taken him. The Parisian authorities have other ideas. Under the scrutiny of the French police, it becomes clear that Jacob and Genie's love story isn't quite what she made it out to be and perhaps Jacob isn't who he seems to be either. As investigators reach into the shadows of the 11th arrondissement, where narrow streets with prying neighbors may hold the truth to Jacob's disappearance, Genie's motives become increasingly suspicious. Genie swears she has no idea what happened to Jacob, but has her heart been broken one too many times? THE PARIS FILES is a twisty thriller unfolded through a series of police interviews of all the neighborhood residents, with all their prying eyes, and all their myriad personal connections to Jacob's disappearance, and all their disparate personal hopes for its resolution"-- Provided by publisher.