Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley I have to say that this is the first Winemaker Detective book that I have disliked. Undoubtedly, it is because I read it during an American election cycle that, in part, has to do with characterization and portrayal of women. Perhaps if I had read it at a different tim...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. This entry in the Winemaker Detective series is the most disappointing. It is not because Benjamin Cooker goes on vacation with his lovely wife Elizabeth. The most rewarding aspect of the novel is in the greater role that Elizabeth has within in the p...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. There has been a subtle shift in the Winemaker detective series in last few books. They have gotten a little less cozy and a little darker. This doesn’t mean that the series still isn’t cozy or that all have a sudden Alaux and Balen have become Nord...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. This is another installment in the Winemaker Detective series. Benjamin and his lustful apprentice Virgile are hired to evaluate a winery by its potential buyer, who is facing disapproval from his wife. Of course, as always, there appears a body. ...
Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN on Tour October 27-November 15 with Backstabbing in Beaujolais (cozy mystery) Release date: November 19, 2015 at Le French Book 140 pages ISBN: 9781939474537 Website | Goodreads SYNOPSIS A business magnate calls on wine expert Benjamin Cooker to kickstart hi...
Arthur Solacroup, a wine shop over and friend of Benjamin Cooker is attacked in his shop. Has the attack something to do with Solacroups past in the Foreign Legion or something to do with a jealous husband/boyfriend? And, will Virgile be able to stay away from Solacroup sexy girlfriend? Montmartre...
Benjamin Cooker is called in to help with a case when an old man is killed and twelve classes are placed close to the dead body with one of the glasses filled with wine. It seemed to be an old wine from around 1940. Then another body is found with twelve glasses around the body, but this time two gl...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. I have a confession to make. I read part of this while drinking a beer, a Guinness in fact, not wine. I’m really sorry. This installment of the Winemaker Detective series finds our heroes, Benjamin and that lovable slut Virigile i...
Wine Expert Benjamin Cooker is called in to estimate the value of the losses when a warehouse of an Armagnac estate is burned down. Also, the master distiller is killed in the fire that was classified as an accident. But was it really an accident? Cooker and his assistant Virgile travel to Gascony t...
I mentioned the Winemaker Detective series to a friend who lives in Paris. She said she hadn’t seen the series or read the books, but that one of the stars in the television series was a good actor. This led to a conversation about American crime shows versus French crime shows: dumbed down versus...
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