Fire in the Blood

"Every bit as good, if not better than Suite Francais, first because its complete, and second because it's read by Jim Norton." (Sue Arnold The Guardian)

"This perfect novella explores human love, love that 'breathes into the other's heart', love that is totured and jealous. The story is told in 1938 by old Silvio concerns convert passions in the Burgundian village of Issy L'Eveque (where the author lived before her imprisonment and death in Auschwitz in 1942). The dark secrets of this rural community slowly come to light following a crime passionnel when a man loved by two women is found battered and drowned in the millstream. Jim Norton's rich voice captures the burning embers of love and hatred that glow through the story. This narration of Silvios final musing stops all the clocks." (Rachel Redford The Observer)

"Narrated by Jim Norton, who can get into character as if he is slipping on gloves, it lends itself to being wonderfully heard. The theme of shared memories unfolds like a peeled onion, framed by descriptive passages of rural France." (Christina Hardyment The Times)

"This is a deftly written tale of love, betrayal and murder. [Jim Norton's] performance is skilfully attuned to the plot's sweeping arc - from quiet melancholy to strident passion" (FT Magazine)

"A jewel of an audiobook" (Edition magazine)

A real literary find - an unpublished jewel from the author of the internationally bestselling Suite Française