Death in the Vines: A Verlaque and Bonnet Provencal Mystery
Olivier Bonnard, the owner of Domaine Beauclaire winery, is devastated when he discovers the theft of a priceless cache of rare vintages. Soon after, Monsieur Gilles d’Arras reports that his wife, Pauline, has vanished from their lavish apartment. As Judge Antoine Verlaque and Commissioner Paulik...
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Olivier Bonnard, the owner of Domaine Beauclaire winery, is devastated when he discovers the theft of a priceless cache of rare vintages. Soon after, Monsieur Gilles d’Arras reports that his wife, Pauline, has vanished from their lavish apartment. As Judge Antoine Verlaque and Commissioner Paulik tackle the case (with a little help from Marine Bonnet), they receive an urgent call: Bonnard has just found Madame d’Arras—dead in his vineyard.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143122449 (0143122444)
Publish date: 2013-05-28
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: A Verlaque and Bonnet Mystery (#3)
Better than the last book; the multiple POVs here work better and Death in the Vines didn't feel as slow to start as book 2. Three brutal murders just 1 week apart, all women. Two of them identical attacks of young women, but the third is an old woman showing signs of dementia. Proximity and tim...
So many things going on here -- wine theft, three disparate murders, secret nazi love affairs, old people wandering around with Alzheimer's, medical scares, three or four burgeoning romances, unrequited crushes, family secrets. It was a bit much. Once again, I preferred almost all of the characters ...
A fun cozy mystery. My review is here: http://mwgerard.com/review-death-in-the-vines-by-m-l-longworth/
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