The Continental Affair

In Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair, set in the 1960s, two strangers, Henri and Louise, find their paths intertwined on a train journey from Belgrade to Istanbul. Louise is fleeing her troubled past and the consequences of her theft, while Henri, tasked with retrieving the stolen money, grapples with his own haunting memories as a former gendarme in Algeria. This literary caper unfolds across picturesque European landscapes, capturing both characters' struggles as they confront their intertwined fates and the decisions that lie ahead.