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The first installment in the beloved, sumptuous mystery series set in Provence, featuring chief magistrate Antoine Verlaque and his old flame Marine Bonnet, who must team up to solve a pair of murdersProvençal Mystery Series #1Watch the series! Murder in Provence is now on Britbox.. When local nobleman Étienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family chteau, it sets the historic town of Aix-en-Provence abuzz with rumors. Antoine Verlaque, the charming chief magistrate of Aix, suspects foul play, and when he discovers that Bremont had been a close friend of Marine Bonnet, his on-again off-again girlfriend, Verlaque must turn to her for help.. The once idyllic town suddenly seems filled with people who scould have benefited from Bremonts death - including his playboy brother François, whos heavily in debt and mixed up with some unsavory characters. But just as Verlaque and Bonnet are narrowing down their list of suspects, another death occurs. And this time, there can be no doubt - its murder.. A lively mystery steeped in the enticing atmosphere of the south of France and seasoned with romance as rich as the French cuisine that inspires it, this first installment in the acclaimed Verlaque & Bonnet Provençal Mystery series is as addictive and captivating as Provence itself.. "Longworths voice is like a rich vintage of sparkling Dorothy Sayers and grounded Donna Leon. . . . Bon appétit!" - BOOKLIST
About the Author
M. L . Longworth has written for The Washington Post, The Times (London) , The Independent, and Bon Appétit magazine. She is the author of a mystery series set in Southern France, the Provençal Mysteries, published by Penguin USA. She has lived full-time in France for over twenty-one years and divides her time between Aix-en-Provence, where she writes, and Paris, where she teaches writing at New York University's Paris campus. She loves cooking, market shopping, and travelling wherever wine is grown.She is married and has one daughter.
