A thriller you read in French
It’s one story in 40 chapters, written at the level of a French novel for native speakers, with everything you need to understand it.
Read French for pleasure
Follow a story you want to finish, at the level of a novel written for French speakers.
Build advanced vocabulary
Pick up the expressions you’d meet in French books, radio and news.
Test your comprehension
Read each chapter without notes first, then check yourself with the annotated text.
Make it your own
Reuse the expressions and grammar in your own speaking and writing, with help from the Atelier Linguistique.
The voices behind the story
Pierre-Benoît reads the story, and after each chapter he and Mark talk about what happened, in French and English. Then in the language study they go through the whole text, sentence by sentence.
Between chapters, Ava joins Mark for the Atelier Linguistique. She’s an advanced learner, and together they take a closer look at a selection of the expressions and grammar from each chapter, so you can start using them yourself.
Inside every chapter
Each of the 40 chapters comes with everything you need to read it, understand it and make the language your own.
What’s included
You get the whole story, all 40 chapters, with everything you need for each one.
- 40 main audio episodes The story, read by native speakers.
- 40 language studies The whole text, translated and explained.
- 40 video lessons Follow the text on screen as you hear it.
- 40 Atelier Linguistique episodes Expressions and grammar, with Mark and Ava.
- Plain and annotated texts With vocabulary lists for every chapter.
- Review audio and video Build your own audiobook as you go.
- Bonuses Including an audiobook for each block of ten chapters, Le Mot Mystérieux and Vos questions, nos réponses.
- Lifetime access One payment, downloads included.
Listen
The main audio episode
Pierre-Benoît reads the chapter, or it’s read as a dialogue by the characters, then he and Mark talk about it in French and English.
Read
The text, plain and annotated
Read it without notes to test yourself, then with comprehensive notes on the trickier language.
Study
The language study
Mark and Pierre-Benoît go through the whole text, translating each sentence and adding examples.
Review
Vocabulary, audio and video
Test yourself with the vocabulary list, build your own audiobook from the chapter readings, and follow the text in the video as you hear it.
Between chapters
Atelier Linguistique
Mark and Ava look more closely at expressions and grammar points from the chapter, so you can build them into your own French.
Forty chapters, four parts
The story runs in four parts of ten chapters, and the course includes all of them.
Chapters 1 to 10
Partie 1
James is summoned to Paris by his friend Max, and the mystery begins.
- 1Quelque chose ne collait vraiment pas !
- 2Il n’y a plus une seconde à perdre
- 3Tout ça me paraît un peu bizarre…
- 4James se sentit pris de panique
- 5Max était bien un battant…
- 6Il se sentit perdu, désemparé, désespéré…
- 7Tout à coup on frappa à la porte
- 8Vous êtes la fille de Max !
- 9Le moment propice était arrivé
- 10James clique sur l’icône de la vidéo…
Chapters 11 to 20
Partie 2
- 11Ils avaient les nerfs à fleur de peau
- 12Claire soupira et commença à parler
- 13James cliqua sur le premier fichier
- 14C’est la seule piste que nous ayons !
- 15Toutes ces questions s’accélérèrent dans sa tête
- 16On a eu chaud !
- 17On ne sait pas à qui on a affaire…
- 18Elle avait très, très peur pour eux tous
- 19Un silence de mort régnait dans la pièce
- 20Un autre morceau du puzzle venait d’être trouvé
Chapters 21 to 30
Partie 3
- 21Cela comportait de gros risques !
- 22C’est la seule façon de m’infiltrer dans le milieu
- 23Le poisson avait bien mordu à l’hameçon !
- 24Il se sentait prêt et d’attaque
- 25Le tout fut bouclé !
- 26Il n’y a pas moyen de faire marche arrière…
- 27On se rapprochait du moment fatidique
- 28Il n’aurait jamais dû jouer avec le feu !
- 29Roger Martin était déjà dans le collimateur
- 30Il n’était donc plus question de faire demi-tour
Chapters 31 to 40
Partie 4
- 31Il était d’un naturel époustouflant
- 32La Namérie est à moi !
- 33Il n’y avait plus un instant à perdre !
- 34Les choses se précipitaient
- 35James sentit son sang bouillir dans ses veines
- 36Il leva le poing en signe de victoire
- 37J’ai eu la trouille de ma vie !
- 38La seule chose qui comptait vraiment c’était Max !
- 39Tout ça c’est grâce à vous !
- 40Tout est bien qui finit bien !
Prefer it on paper?
The story is a book too
La Vérité éclate toujours is also published as a book, if you’d like the text on your shelf as well as in the course.
See the bookFrom learners on the course
“I have to say I’m impressed by the new Vérité Éclate toujours premium course. The course materials are very well thought out and very well done. The quality and quantity of materials is very good. They seem to be a merger of all the best features of Coffee Break French that I’ve seen since Season 1. Clearly an enormous amont of work has been put into creating this course, and frankly, its worth every penny of the price.”
“I wanted to add my thanks for this course. The content is wonderful for advanced language learners: an engaging story and such excellent course materials in the annotated chapter notes and audio break down that you both provide. It is obvious how much time, effort and thought you have put in to it all and I am very grateful. It is exactly what I was looking for in terms of a challenge. Keep up the excellent work. I’m very much looking forward to the next instalments!”
“the interaction between Mark and Pierre are the best parts of all of your excellent presentations!”
Questions
What level of French do I need?
It’s written for advanced learners, around C1 to C2, at the level of a French novel for native speakers. It follows on from Coffee Break French Level 4, or an equivalent level.
How is it structured?
Forty chapters of one story. Each chapter has a main audio episode, the text plain and annotated, a language study, a vocabulary list, and review audio and video, with an Atelier Linguistique in between.
Is it a real story, or just lessons?
It’s a thriller you follow from start to finish, and the teaching is built around the story.
Can I download the materials?
Yes. Every chapter comes as mp3 audio, mp4 video and PDF text, to download and keep on your own devices.
Can I try it before I buy?
Yes. You can listen to the chapters free on the podcast. The course adds all the support that goes with them: the language studies, the Atelier Linguistique, the plain and annotated texts, vocabulary lists, and review audio and video.
How long do I have access?
For life. Pay once and it’s yours, across all of your devices.
I bought one of the parts before. What now?
Get in touch and we’ll help.
Find the course that fits you
Coffee Break French has five levels, from absolute beginner to advanced. If this one doesn’t feel right, try the level above or below.
The Level 1 course40 lessons for absolute beginners, with video lessons, notes and exercises
The Level 2 courseMove beyond the basics and learn the grammar you need to go further
The Level 3 courseFollow a 40-lesson story set in Nice and broaden what you can understand and say
The Level 4 courseFollow a story set in Paris through 40 lessons of more advanced French
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