Explore tips, opinions, and features on Murderous Mistral A Provence Mystery sold at 20.11 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
International Dagger Award shortlisted author of The Murderer in Ruins Cay Rademacher delivers a beautifully atmospheric new story with a captivating main character in Murderous Mistral A Provence MysteryCapitaine Roger Blanc an investigator with the anticorruptionunit of the French Gendarmerie was a bit too succesfull in his investigations He finds himself removed from Paris to the south of France far away from political power Or so it would seem The stress is too much for his marriage and he attempts to manage the break up while trying to settle into his new life in Provence in a 200yearold halfruined house At the same time Blanc is tasked with his first murder case A man with no friends and a lot of enemies an outsider was found shot and burned When a second man dies under suspicious circumstances in the quaint French countryside the Capitaine from Paris has to dig deep into the hidden dark undersides of the Provence he never expected to see
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Mistral is a portrait of Provence seen through its legendary wind Photographer Rachel Cobb illustrates the effects of this relentless wind that funnels down the Rhône Valley periodically gusting to 120 km per hourhurricane strength on the Beaufort wind force scaleThe region has accordingly adjusted to accommodate the mistrals impact Some houses are built the traditional way with few or no windows on the windward side and the main entrance on the sheltered side Heavy stones hold down terracotta roof tiles Rows of trees lining fields create windbreaks to shield cropsCobb spent years chasing this capricious wind challenging herself to photograph the invisible As she became sensitive to its rhythms and effects Cobb realized the mistral was not just a weather phenomenon it was an integral part of the fabric of Provençal life It was everywhere yet always unseenMistral captures this invisible force of nature through its effects a leaf caught in flight a bride tangled in her veil spider webs oriented to withstand the wind and grapes lashed by powerful gusts You can taste the wine better when the mistral blows a ChâteauneufduPape winemaker says Writers have also tried their hand at conjuring this ungraspable phenomenon Excerpts from writings by Paul Auster Lawrence Durrell Jean Giono and Frédéric Mistral are included in this volume a luminous evocation of natures unseen power
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When a dead body shows up in her shop Carolyn Emerson owner of a paintyourownpottery studio called Fire at Will is accused of murder which threatens her business and turns to her studios club the Firing Squad for help in piecing together the clues Original
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The morning of Agathas marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear But her luck runs out in the church when Jimmy the husband she had believed long dead turns up large as life and twice as ugly Agatha has a go at strangling him James breaks off the engagement So when Jimmy is found murdered next day Agatha and James are both the prime suspects And theyll have to work together in order to clear their names Beatons dry sense of humour and her unflattering but affectionate portrait of gruff often adolescentacting Agatha makes this a bloom worth picking Publishers Weekly
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While in the midst of planning her marriage to her nextdoor neighbor Agatha Raisins undivorced longthoughtdead husband reappears only to end up murdered the next day leaving inimitable amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin the prime suspect
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Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage continues the tradition in M C Beatons beloved Agatha Raisin mystery seriesnow a hit show on Acorn TV and public televisionAfter her first husband Jimmy Raisin stops her wedding and she is left jilted at the altar he is found strangled to death and Agatha Raisin must prove her innocence along with that of her intended Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage is a mystery filled with murder and mayhem from bestselling author MC Beaton
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Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her ladys maid Eva Huntford are preparing for a wedding but it may not be the happy occasion everyone hopes for nbspSince the Great War some family fortunes have suffered including those of the Renshaws Despite being the granddaughter of an earl Julia Renshaw is under pressure to marry for moneyand has settled for Gilbert Townsend a viscount and a wealthy industrialist He is decades older than Julia and its clear to her sister Phoebeand to Eva who has been like a surrogate mother to the girlsthat this is not a love match Nevertheless the wedding takes placeand in a hurrynbspAt the reception aboard the grooms yacht there appears to be tension between Gil and several guests his best man a fellow veteran of the Boer War his grouchy spinster sister and his current heir a nervous young cousin named Ernest The bride is also less than pleased when she discovers that her honeymoon will be more crowded than expectedwith Gils pretty secretary among others coming alongnbspThat very night Julia pounds on her sisters door brandishing a bandaged hand and reporting a hottempered outburst on her new husbands part Julia is feeling doubt and regret about her hasty decision but returns to the boat Then the next morning before the yacht can depart the harbor Gils body is found in the water belowand Phoebe and Eva must discover who pushed him over before the Renshaws social standing is irreparably stained by Julias arrest for his murder
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For fans of Charles Todd and Deanna Raybourn comes Christine Trents second Florence Nightingale mysteryCholera has broken out in London but Florence Nightingale has bigger problems when people begin dying of a far more intentional causemurderThe London summer of 1854 is drawing to a close when a deadly outbreak of cholera grips the city Florence Nightingale is back on the scene marshaling her nurses to help treat countless suffering patients at Middlesex Hospital as the disease tears through the Soho slums But beyond the dangers of the disease something even more evil is seeping through the ailing streets of LondonIt begins with an attack on the carriage of Florences friend Elizabeth Herbert wife to Secretary at War Sidney Herbert Florence survives but her coachman does not Within hours Sidneys valet stumbles into the hospital mutters a few cryptic words about the attack and promptly dies from cholera Frantic that an assassin is stalking his wife Sidney enlists Florences help who accepts but has little to go on save for the valets last words and a curious set of dice in his jacket pocket Soon the suspects are piling up faster than cholera victims as there seems to be no end to the number of people who bear a grudge against the Herbert householdNow Florence is in a race against timenot only to save the victims of a lethal disease but to foil a murderer with a disturbingly sinister goalin A Murderous Malady
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Welcome to Sarahs Eatery serving hot breakfast daily with complimentary curbside murder When Cameron Caldwell infamously bad waiter and known womanizer is found dead on the doorstep of Sarahs Eatery new owner Kylie Berry yet again becomes the talk of the town After very publically rejecting Cams amorous advances the day before his death Zoey Jin Kylies regular customer and fledgling best friend becomes the prime suspect in his murder To complicate matters Zoeys estranged ex Max breezes back into town to exonerate the woman he not long ago abandoned Winters will have you giggling into your book Is Zoey who stuck by Kylie thickandthin truly capable of killing Cam Was the killer a slighted customer or a heartbroken woman on his path of emotional destruction A jealous boyfriend whose girl he stole blazing that path Kylie learns the basics of the kitchen while she and Zoey with some help from her kitten Sage sift through the facts to learn the truth about Cams murder Praise for AR Winters The perfect balance of being lighthearted but still a serious pageturning mystery Jaycie D Amazoncom A fun cozy mystery with engaging and entertaining characters lq Amazoncom A cute light read with a final twist at the end Stacey Puleio Amazoncom
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International Dagger Award shortlisted author Cay Rademacher delivers a captivating followup to his atmospheric Murderous Mistral with Deadly Camargue August the air over Provence shimmers in suffocating heat Capitaine Roger Blanc and his colleague Marius Tonon are called to the Camargue A black fighting bull has escaped from the pasture and has gored a cyclist A bizarre accident or so it initially seems Until Blanc discovers evidence that someone left the gate open intentionallyThe deceased is Albert Cohen political magazine reporter fashion intellectual from Paris TV personality He was in the Camargue to write a major article on Vincent van Gogh Yet what has that got to do with the attack Blanc comes across Cohens incomplete report during his investigation which is not quite as harmless as it initially appeared And also a spectacular never solved burglary on the Côte dAzur and an old deadly story that absolutely everyone wants to forget By the end Blanc feels a little more at home in his new surroundings in Provence But he pays a high price for it
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Death in High Provence The sold for 221.06 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Against the background of fascinating Provence a fantastic case is solved Chief Inspector Littlejohn is sent to France to make informal enquiries about a motor accidentBut his job is not easy for he finds himself amongst the sombre secretive inhabitants of St Marcellin a dying French village in the mountains of High Provence Dominated by the aristocratic Monsieur le Marquis the village obstructs his every move But they had underestimated the kindly courteous LittlejohnDeath in High Provence is the tenth title in Agoras Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries ReviewsOne of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simonpure British detective story The New York Times Mr Bellairs always gives good value The Sunday Times Pure British detective story The New York Times George Bellairs deserves to be much more well knownan excellent writer of proper well written and well crafted detective storiesI cant wait to read my next one Amazon Reviewer
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Against the background of fascinating Provence a fantastic case is solved Chief Inspector Littlejohn is sent to France to make informal enquiries about a motor accidentBut his job is not easy for he finds himself amongst the sombre secretive inhabitants of St Marcellin a dying French village in the mountains of High Provence Dominated by the aristocratic Monsieur le Marquis the village obstructs his every move But they had underestimated the kindly courteous LittlejohnDeath in High Provence is the tenth title in Agoras Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries ReviewsOne of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simonpure British detective story The New York Times Mr Bellairs always gives good value The Sunday Times Pure British detective story The New York Times George Bellairs deserves to be much more well knownan excellent writer of proper well written and well crafted detective storiesI cant wait to read my next one Amazon Reviewer
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Pursuit in Provence is Jordan Mayfairs debut as an amateur sleuth finding her way through a labyrinth of art rockandroll and murder against the captivating backdrop of ProvenceAmerican architect Jordan Mayfair travels to Provence with visions of Roman ruins bathed in magical Provençal light exquisite foods and wines and possibly an alluring Frenchmen She will experience all she imagined but she never expected to be chased across the French countryside for an Elvis recording Danger follows her to the village of Fontvieille where the colorful inhabitants are in a frenzy over missing Van Gogh sketches Pursued through ancient tunnels and narrow twisting streets Jordan becomes an unwilling player in dramas as intricate and intriguing as the secret passages she discovers
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Stylish Magnan blends elegant clue laying and deft characterizations that strike to the core of human frailties all within a detective tale with a theme as old as Cain and Abel as new as tomorrows headlines and as eternal as the Greek myths that inspire Magnans fictionPublishers Weekly starred review Best Mysteries of 2008Last year Death in the Truffle Wood introduced renowned French crime writer Pierre Magnan to rave American reviews Now the celebrated Commissaire Laviolette is back in a second delectable mystery set in ProvenceEmile Pencenat is in a cemetery designing his own ornate tomb In a disused postbox by the gate he discovers an envelope addressed to a Mlle Veronique Champourcieux He is puzzled but being a former postman he dutifully purchases a stamp and posts the letter When the body of this same Mlle Veronique is later discoveredpinned to her own piano by a bayonet attached to an ancient rieCommissaire Laviolette is coaxed out of retirement to solve one of the most bizarre crimes imaginableTautly plotted and brimming with suspense The Messengers of Death is a story of dark vengeance and avarice that will thrill and intrigue Magnans evergrowing audience in the Englishspeaking world
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Murderous Mythical Creatures You Wouldn sold at 99.16 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
No young reader will be able to put down the books in the Top 10 Worst series which count down the worst of the worstfrom the nastiest pirates to the creepiest mummies to the spookiest mysteries Each book explores the historical facts and science behind highinterest subjects that even the most reluctant readers will want to read all about Clear concise text is accompanied by humorous fullcolor illustrations by artist David Antram making this series a musthave for any collection
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Celebrated by writers from Petrach to Peter Mayle Provences rugged mountains wild maquis and lavenderfilled meadows are worldfamous Martin Garrett explores a region littered with ancient monuments and medieval castles Looking at the vibrant dockside atmosphere of Lubéron he considers how writers like Mistral and Daudet have captured the character of a place and its people He traces the development of Provence as a Roman outpost medieval kingdom and modern region of France revealing through its landmarks the people and events that have shaped its often tumultuous history Through its architecture literature and popular culture this book analyzes and celebrates the identity of a region famous for its pastis and pétanque Linking the past to the present it also evokes the intense light and sunbaked stones that have attracted generations of painters and writers
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