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Death and Croissants

Author : Ian Moore

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 275 pages

File Size : 25,86 MB

Release : 2023-03-14

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 172827057X

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"Laugh-out-loud caper." —Shelf Awareness, Starred Review "A fast-paced, witty story for those who enjoy dry British humor." —Library Journal Meet Richard Ainsworth: an almost divorced part time B&B owner, part time film historian, full time self-deprecator. Hoping to continue running his B&B in the quiet Val de Follet, he has no idea of its hidden intrigue, from the mafia to swingers, to the peddling of (il)legal grape seeds. His quiet has flown the coop on a fateful afternoon with a bloody handprint, a missing guest, and one dead Ava Gardner (beloved hen). Death and Croissants is an unputdownable, hilarious mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club. What readers are saying: "Richard Osman meets Sherlock Holmes rampaging through the charming Loire Valley in this raucously funny book. I loved it." "A light, very funny mystery with appealing characters in a wonderful French countryside." "Oh wow, this was funny. This one just knocks it out of the park." "A story full of interesting and diverse characters told with lots of humor." "The author gives you everything you want in a humorous, witty mystery that chases you through all the twists and turns with murder, mafia, and mayhem."



Croissant Murder

Author : Harper Lin

Publisher : Harper Lin

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 32,85 MB

Release : 2014-08-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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From 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the culinary mystery series that take you on a tour of Paris! Includes French Croissant Recipes After Clémence Damour’s last adventure, the paparazzi are following her everywhere. Her ex-boyfriend Mathieu, a talented painter, contacts her to help him with a bizarre ghost mystery, putting a strain on her current relationship with Arthur. Then Mathieu’s girlfriend Charlotte is killed in her own home, and Clémence must spend even more time with Mathieu. Will she succumb to Mathieu’s charms again? Is there really a ghost in his home? And can Clémence find out who killed Charlotte and why, without the paparazzi ruining her investigation? If you like light-hearted cozy mysteries with recipes by Joanne Fluke or Jessica Beck, you'll enjoy The Patisserie Mysteries. Join Clémence and her friends as they solve murder cases, bake macarons and other treats, and fall in love in The City of Lights.



The Best Thing That Can Happen To A Croissant

Author : Pablo Tusset

Publisher : Canongate Books

Page : 497 pages

File Size : 31,82 MB

Release : 2014-02-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1782114238

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An easy-riding, ball-busting comedy of bad manners, this is one of the most surprising and entertaining literary debuts of recent years. Pablo Baloo Miralles, a fat, useless and flatulent thirty-year-old, is the black sheep of his obscenely wealthy family. While he dedicates his days to online philosophy chatrooms and his nights to whatever pleasures he can find, his brother, 'The First,' is president of his booming family business. But, when 'The First' suddenly disappears, Pablo finds himself being sucked into a hair-raising, mind-bending adventure - an adventure in which he must use all of his well-honed survival instincts to come out alive.



Murder in the Marais

Author : Cara Black

Publisher : Soho Press

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 14,87 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Detective and mystery stories

ISBN : 1569479992

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Aime Leduc, a Parisian private investigator, has sworn she would stick to tech investigation - no criminal cases for her. Especially since her father, the late police detective, was killed in the line of duty. But when an old Jewish man approaches Aime with a secret decoding job on behalf of a woman in his synagogue, Aime unwittingly takes on more than she was expecting. When she takes her findings to her client's house in the Marais, Paris's historic Jewish quarter, she finds the old woman strangled, a swastika carved on her forehead. Can Aime solve the crime?



Macaron Murder

Author : Harper Lin

Publisher : Harper Lin Books

Page : 110 pages

File Size : 12,54 MB

Release : 2014-08-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: The 1st book in a culinary mystery series that take you on a tour of Paris! Includes 5 Special French Macaron Recipes. French native Clémence Damour returns to Paris to run the family patisserie, a famous franchise known for their delectable gourmet pastries and sweets in Paris and around the world. To get off on the right foot with la gardienne, the caretaker of her apartment building, Clémence gives her a box of their luxury macarons. The next morning however, the half-eaten box of macarons is found near la gardienne's dead body. An incompetent inspector accuses Clémence of being the killer, which prompts her to clear her name and solve the case herself. Join Clémence and her friends as they solve murder cases, bake macarons and other treats, and fall in love in The City of Lights. Macaron Murder is the first book (25k novella) in a new culinary cozy mystery series featuring delicious recipes of French pastries and desserts. If you like light-hearted cozy mysteries with recipes by Joanne Fluke or Jessica Beck, you'll enjoy The Patisserie Mysteries. keywords: Paris murder mystery series cozy mystery with recipes free first book in series cozy amateur sleuth chick lit mystery French dessert mystery series with recipes



Death in Brittany

Author : Jean-Luc Bannalec

Publisher : Minotaur Books

Page : 322 pages

File Size : 33,44 MB

Release : 2015-06-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1466867744

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"Roll over, Maigret. Commissaire Dupin has arrived."—M.C. Beaton Commissaire Georges Dupin, a cantankerous, Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is dragged from his morning croissant and coffee to the scene of a curious murder. The local village of Pont-Aven—a sleepy community by the sea where everyone knows one other and nothing much seems to happen—is in shock. The legendary ninety-one-year-old hotelier Pierre-Louis Pennec, owner of the Central Hotel, has been found dead. A picture-perfect seaside village that played host to Gaugin in the nineteenth century, Pont-Aven is at the height of its tourist season and is immediately thrown into uproar. As Dupin delves into the lives of the victim and the suspects, he uncovers a web of secrecy and silence that belies the village's quaint image. A delectable read, Jean-Luc Bannalec's Death in Brittany transports readers to the French coast, where you can practically smell the sea air and taste the perfectly cooked steak frites in an expertly crafted, page-turning mystery for fans of Martin Walker.



Opera Cake Murder

Author : Harper Lin

Publisher : Harper Lin Books

Page : 127 pages

File Size : 45,74 MB

Release : 2015-05-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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From 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the 8th book in the culinary mystery series that take you on a tour of Paris! Includes Opera Cake Recipes. Clémence attends Paris Fashion Week in support of her friend Marcus, a fashion designer. When Marcus’s assistant is found dead, everyone backstage is a suspect, including supermodel Gabrielle, a famous makeup artist, a hairdresser, and a nosy fashion blogger. If you like light-hearted cozy mysteries with recipes by Joanne Fluke or Jessica Beck, you'll enjoy The Patisserie Mysteries. Join Clémence and her friends as they solve murder cases, bake macarons and other treats, and fall in love in The City of Lights. keywords: Paris murder mystery series, cozy mystery with recipes, free first book in series cozy, amateur sleuth, chick lit mystery, French dessert mystery series with recipes, Cozy mystery france, Cozy mystery with romance, Cozy mystery with dogs, culinary cozy mystery recipes, travel cozy mystery, french dessert mystery series with recipes



Crepe Murder

Author : Harper Lin

Publisher : Harper Lin

Page : 113 pages

File Size : 21,50 MB

Release :

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: A culinary mystery series that takes you on a tour of Paris! Includes Sweet and Savory French Crêpe Recipes Now that she’s solved yet another murder case, Clémence Damour finally has time to invent new pastries and dessert flavors at her patisserie. But when a Parisian socialite goes missing, Clémence and Inspector St. Clair both conclude that Carlos, a mysterious man from Clémence’s past, has kidnapped her. Between becoming a fashion designer’s new muse, surviving her own kidnapping attempt, and going to a fancy party at the Grand Palais, Clémence is in for another busy week. If you like light-hearted cozy mysteries with recipes by Joanne Fluke or Jessica Beck, you'll enjoy The Patisserie Mysteries. Join Clémence and her friends as they solve murder cases, bake French pastries, and fall in love in the City of Lights. keywords: Paris murder mystery series, cozy mystery with recipes, free first book in series cozy, amateur sleuth, chick lit mystery, French dessert mystery series with recipes, Cozy mystery france, Cozy mystery with romance, Cozy mystery with dogs, culinary cozy mystery recipes, travel cozy mystery



Murder, She Barked

Author : Krista Davis

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 18,70 MB

Release : 2013-12-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0425262553

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THE FIRST PAWS & CLAWS MYSTERY FROM KRISTA DAVIS—A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The Sugar Maple Inn in Wagtail, Virginia, is the country's premiere vacation hot spot for pet owners who can’t bear to leave their furry friends behind. But this tourist town smells trouble when a killer goes on the prowl... Holly Miller's life has gone to the dogs. She has no job, her boyfriend's former flame is sniffing around, and a scruffy but loveable Jack Russell Terrier is scattering crumbs all over her borrowed car. Just when she thought things couldn't get worse, a troubling phone call about her grandmother sends her rushing home to the family inn on Wagtail Mountain. The staff—and a frisky Calico kitten named Twinkletoes—adopts Holly and her new dog on arrival. But someone in this friendly town is bad to the bone. One of the employees at the inn has been killed in a hit-and-run accident—which is looking anything but accidental. Now Holly and her furry companions will have to nose out the murderer before someone else gets muzzled. Delicious recipes for owners and pets included!



Mint Julep Murder

Author : Carolyn Hart

Publisher : Bantam

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 50,27 MB

Release : 2009-10-14

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307569799

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One of America's most beloved mystery writers, Carolyn G. Hart, the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-winning author, returns to her original mystery series that features Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand Bookstore, and her husband, Max, with Mint Julep Murder. Normally, Annie Laurence Darling would be eagerly awaiting her trip to Head Island, where this year's Dixie Book Festival is being held. But this year Annie has agreed to be the author liaison to five authors honored with the much-coveted Dixie Book Festival Medallions, and she fears she is going to have her hands full juggling murderous egos. What Annie doesn't count on is the untimely death of ambitious Mint Julep Press publisher Kenneth Hazlitt. Hazlitt arrives at the Festival peddling a proposal for Song of the South, a trashy roman clef that details the indiscretions of some famous Southern authors at a writers' conference--writers who more than resemble the Dixie Festival Medallion winners. When Hazlitt drops dead after drinking a hit of bourbon from his private stock, the evidence points to Annie--the fatal glass is imprinted with her fingerprints. As more and more evidence points her way, Annie and Max must act fast to catch a wily killer...before the police throw the book at Annie!