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The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru
- Author
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 26 March 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
They whisper your fortunes, but what can they tell of their past?
A fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris must use her powers to divine who she can trust—and even more importantly, learn to trust herself—in the searing new gothic novel from the author of The Haunting of Moscow House.
Spirited twenty-something Zina and her secretive grandmother, Baba Valya, own a tearoom on rue Daru in Paris, where they have lived quietly since Zina’s mother’s untimely death. By day, the women serve tea, mostly to members of the bustling Russian émigré community, but when dusk falls, they divine fortunes and perform séances for their loyal clientele.
Then the charming Princess Olga and her brother arrive, searching for answers about the disappearance of their father, the Grand Duke and cousin to the murdered last Tsar of Russia. Zina, eager to learn more about the spirit world and her powers, performs the séance. She is able to summon the Grand Duke, but to her horror, he starts to haunt the shop, and he seems to know something sinister about her mother’s death.
As Zina delves into her family’s hidden past, dark secrets are unearthed, threatening Zina and her grandmother’s found family, home, and tearoom, not to mention their very lives.
Critics Review
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‘The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru is a spine-tingling gothic tale of family, a legacy of secrets, and the dangerous cost of unearthing the past through a forbidden séance. Gilmore conjures 1920s Paris and the Russian émigré community, delivering a haunting and compelling story that is sure to grip readers’ — Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book Society
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‘An ingenious literary magician, Gilmore effectively and elegantly conjures up Paris in the 1920s and its Russian émigré community, adding to her addictively readable gothic tale a dash of romance and a generous splash of spooky supernaturalism. Fans of Yangsze Choo’s The Fox Wife (2024) and Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist (2014) will be equally enamored with this bewitching tale’ — Booklist (starred review)
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‘Salnikova Gilmore’s writing soars … dazzling readers with unforgettable scenery and achingly beautiful prose. This thrilling story of murder, generational power of love and treachery will be devoured in one sitting.’ — Marina Scott, author of The Night Guests
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‘Gilmore’s latest historical horror will be another crowd-pleaser. For fans of menacing supernatural tales of family secrets, ghosts, possession, and intrigue' — Library Journal
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‘A haunting, captivating gothic novel that will keep readers tight in its grip until the very last page’ — Megan Chance, author of Glamorous Notions
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‘The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru is an eerie and compelling tale filled with all the elements you would expect from a top-notch work of gothic horror’ — Bookreporter
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‘Salnikova Gilmore expertly balances historical detail, romance, and magic, weaving a tale that will make you truly believe in a world of spirits waiting just beyond the veil’ — Morgan Ryan, author of A Resistance of Witches
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Details
- Author
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
- Narrator
- Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Saskia Maarleveld
- Duration
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 March 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008764852
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Historical fantasy, Narrative theme: politics / economics, Traditional or cultural fiction and true stories, tales and retellings, Contemporary horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Dark fantasy, Fiction: gothic, Romance: fantasy and paranormal
Synopsis
They whisper your fortunes, but what can they tell of their past? A fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris must use her powers to divine who she can trust—and even more importantly, learn to trust herself—in the searing new gothic novel from the author of The Haunting of Moscow House. Spirited twenty-something Zina and her secretive grandmother, Baba Valya, own a tearoom on rue Daru in Paris, where they have lived quietly since Zina’s mother’s untimely death. By day, the women serve tea, mostly to members of the bustling Russian émigré community, but when dusk falls, they divine fortunes and perform séances for their loyal clientele. Then the charming Princess Olga and her brother arrive, searching for answers about the disappearance of their father, the Grand Duke and cousin to the murdered last Tsar of Russia. Zina, eager to learn more about the spirit world and her powers, performs the séance. She is able to summon the Grand Duke, but to her horror, he starts to haunt the shop, and he seems to know something sinister about her mother’s death. As Zina delves into her family’s hidden past, dark secrets are unearthed, threatening Zina and her grandmother’s found family, home, and tearoom, not to mention their very lives.
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