About this item
The fifth entry in this acclaimed series finds Verlaque and Bonnet investigating a murder and the provenance of a mysterious painting Like Donna Leon and Andrea Camilleri, M. L. Longworth's enchanting mystery series blends clever whodunits with gustatory delights and the timeless appeal of Provence. The Mystery of the Lost Czanne adds a new twist by immersing Antoine and Marine in a clever double narrative that costars Provence's greatest artist.A friend in his cigar club asks Antoine to visit Ren Rouquet, a retired postal worker who has found a rolled-up canvas in his apartment. As the apartment once belonged to Czanne, Rouquet is convinced he's discovered a treasure. But when Antoine arrives at the apartment, he finds Ren dead, the canvas missing, and a mysterious art history professor standing over the body.
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.
