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The second book in the delightful Verlaque and Bonnet mystery series is another page-turning whodunit, this time in set in a small community of theology students and professors at Aix-en-Provence's university. When the director of the theology department at the university in Aix is found dead, Judge Verlaque is dumbfounded. Professor Moutte was about to announce the recipient of both a fellowship, and his position as Director—which includes the coveted apartment in a 17th century mansion. The prospective recipients and others close to Moutte make up a long list of suspects, but Verlaque isn’t convinced any of the eager students or desperate teachers are capable of murder, and he must dig deeper. With Marine’s help—and that of her plucky mother—Verlaque uncovers a world that proves more complicated than university politics.
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.
