Death in le Jardin

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Author: Ian MooreModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Crime & mysteryPublished on 6th June 2024 by Duckworth Books (Farrago) in the United Kingdom as part of the 'A Follet Valley Mystery' series.Hardback | 304 pages 228mm x 145mm x 34mm | 446g On the surface, Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about.Then crisis hits his posh B&B when redoubtable housekeeper, Madame Tablier, is accused of murder. Even more surprisingly, it's the murder of a former fiancé, turned brother-in-law. None of which the stubborn old woman denies.Valérie d'Orçay is having none of it and their investigation leads them to a strange tourist garden village, where backbiting, recriminations and even former colleagues provide a deadly scenario more tangled than knotweed. Show more