Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN
on Tour September 11-22 with
Requiem in Yquem
(mystery) Release date: September 12, 2017 at Le French Book 215 pages ISBN: 9781943998104 Website | GoodreadsSYNOPSIS
The intricate taste of greed and remorse. The “addictive” Winemaker Detective series returns with a French mystery set in Sauternes, home of one of the world’s finest dessert wines, Yquem, known to some as liquid gold. In the mist-covered hills of Sauternes, where the wine is luscious and the landscape beguiling, the brutal murder of an elderly couple intrigues the wine expert Benjamin Cooker and awakens memories for his dashing assistant Virgile Lanssien. Drawn into the investigation, the two journey through the storied Sauternes countryside, where the Château d’Yquem has reigned for centuries. Will the murder go unexplained and the killer remain free? The Winemaker Detective’s discernment and incessant curiosity pushes investigators to look deeper, while Virgile rekindles memories of his days at school and questions the meaning of his life. In another satisfying wine novel with a French flair, authors Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen give readers a perfectly intoxicating combination French wine, gourmet meals, and mystery in the gloriously described Sauternes wine region with all the scenery, scents, and sounds of France. This light, fun mystery combines amateur sleuths, food, and wine in a wonderfully French mystery novel that doubles as a travel guide. It is a new kind read on the international mystery and crime scene: a pitch-perfect, wine-infused, French-style cozy mystery.ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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Sally Pane studied French at State University of New York Oswego and the Sorbonne before receiving her Masters Degree in French Literature from the University of Colorado where she wrote Camus and the Americas: A Thematic Analysis of Three Works Based on His Journaux de Voyage. Her career includes more than twenty years of translating and teaching French and Italian at Berlitz and at University of Colorado Boulder. She has worked in scientific, legal and literary translation; her literary translations include Operatic Arias; Singers Edition, and Reality and the Untheorizable by Clément Rosset, along with a number of titles in the Winemaker Detective series. She also served as the interpreter for the government cabinet of Rwanda and translated for Dian Fossey’s Digit Fund. In addition to her passion for French, she has studied Italian at Colorado University, in Rome and in Siena. She lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband.
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8 comments:
A tempting review. And a great cover!
As you probably know, I'm wild about wine and I'm wilder about mysteries and wildest about France! Hope I win but if I don't, I'll have to check this series out!
Thanks for the spotlight. Funny that one of your readers thought the synopsis was actually a review. But the operative word is "tempting" and yes, this is a good book to let oneself be tempted by! Emma at FBT
The locale, the characters and the mystery all combine to make this novel captivating and intriguing. Thanks.
Thanks everyone for commenting and being interested in this cozy mystery. I didn't have time to read it this month but I'll get around to reading it eventually. Wine and France make a great combination.
Thank you fort the post. Looking forward to reading this as well ads the series.
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Carol, Thanks for joining in. Did you click on the giveaway entry too? That will get you entered to win the book.
A tempting review. And a great cover!
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