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English
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"One hot summer night, Aix-en-Provence is aflutter with news that controversial author Val♭ʺre 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 Val♭ʺre'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...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Winery owner Olivier Bonnard is devastated when he discovers that a priceless cache of rare vintages has been stolen from his private cellar. Soon after, Monsieur Gilles d'Arras arrives at Aix-en-Provence's Palais de Justice to report another mysterious disappearance: his wife, Pauline, has vanished from their lavish apartment. Madame has always been as tough as nails, but in recent weeks she's been wandering around town in her slippers and crying...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
311 p.; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The whole town has been whipped into a frenzy after learning that nobleman Etienne de Bremont has fallen to his death at his family chateau. Chief magistrate Antoine Verlaque believes foul play is involved and there is no shortage of those who would profit greatly from Etienne's death. While interviewing suspects another death occurs and this time there is no doubt it was murder.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
323 pages : 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A museum director walks into work one morning to discover that the entire collection of porcelain, old documents, and paintings is gone. He calls the local police, and examining magistrate Antoine Verlaque sets out to learn the thief's identity. Verlaque wonders if this could have something to do with the recent robbery of Madame de Montbarbon's apartment. He is distracted by the impending of birth of his first child with his wife, Marine Bonnet....
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
296 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Dr. George Moutte is found murdered, Judge Antoine Verlaque is stumped. Certainly, the director of theology at the Universite d'Aix had his enemies. Moutte was just about to name the recipient of an elite fellowship as well his own successor--a hightly coveted position that includes a lavish apartment in the seventeenth-century mansion--when his lips were sealed permanently. Yet, Verlaque isn't convinced that any of the academics are capable...
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