The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche (A Provençal Mystery)

The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche (A Provençal Mystery)

â€œBeguiling . . . Longworth evokes the pleasures of France in delicious detailâ€”great wine, delicious meals, and fine company.â€Â â€”Publishers Weekly

When a scandalous author moves to the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence, Verlaque and Bonnet are called in to investigate whether heâ€™s haunted by more than just his past, in this delightful new mystery from M. L. Longworth
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One hot summer night, Aix-en-Provence is aflutter with news that controversial author ValÃ¨re Barbier, who once shared dinners with French presidents and all-night drinking bouts with rock stars, has moved into La Bastide Blanche, a grand house left empty for decades. But ValÃ¨reâ€™s ideas of a peaceful retirement are quickly dashed. Rambunctious neighborhood children, a fast-talking gossip of a housekeeper, and a rival novelist filter through the home at all hours of the dayâ€”and by night there are unseen visitors with more sinister intentions.

While Antoine Verlaque investigates ValÃ¨reâ€™s sordid history, his wife and partner, Marine Bonnet, questions why the estate was abandoned in the first placeâ€”and what they both find raises more questions than answers. Is ValÃ¨re imagining the ethereal cries that fill the bastide at night? Is he losing his mind? Or have these ghosts returned from ValÃ¨reâ€™s checkered past to haunt him?
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143131427
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-04-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143131427

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143131427
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2018-04-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143131427

The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche (A Provençal Mystery)

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