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| The Frenchman by Lise McClendon on tour September 8 to 21 |
SYNOPSIS
In this 5th installment of the Bennett Sisters Mysteries (beginning with Blackbird Fly), attorney Merle Bennett goes to France for an extended stay to drink in the essence of "la France Profonde" and write her own novel.
But the countryside is not as tranquil as she hoped. A missing Frenchman, a sinister one, an elderly one, a thieving one, and a vandalizing one: all conspire to turn Merle's sojourn of reflection into a nightmare of worry. Where is Pascal, her French boyfriend? Who is the man with the terrible scar? Why is someone spray-painting her little stone house in the Dordogne? And will her novel about the French Revolution (snippets of which are included) give her a soupçon of delight or a frisson of danger?
Works fine as a stand-alone
MY REVIEW
I read Blackbird Fly, book one in the Bennett
Sisters Mysteries series, in 2014 and have been a bit of a fan since then so it
was great to back in France with Merle Bennett, and once I started this book, it
just got better and better.
Merle has arranged her life and work in New York to enable
an extended period of time to be at her house in the Dordogne, hoping to attack
her house ‘to-do’ list as well as have time to start writing her novel and catch
up with her sexy French detective Pascal. However, things don’t go to plan as
one by one people and situations crop up that demand her time, attention and
inquisitive mind.
Merle is independent, but gives herself 100% to help
others too. She finds herself coping with vandalism, building work, a strange
request from a local goat farmer’s daughter and the uncertainty of her
relationship with Pascal. As with all the books there is a great sense of
family and despite Pascal’s mysterious absence Merle is never alone, as her
sisters are always there for each other.
There are lots of plots running alongside each
other, including Merle’s story, Pascal’s story, where we get a look behind the
scenes of some of the best known wine areas in France and Odette’s story, the
girl in the novel Merle is writing that is set in the French Revolution. I
liked this. It kept my interest as each time one story began to peak, Lise
switched us to the next one, which always left me wanting more, right to the end
where everything was nicely sewn up.
This is a great mystery, set among the vineyards of
France and pretty golden coloured villages of the Dordogne, perfect for a late
summer getaway.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lise McClendon
is the author of fifteen novels of mystery, suspense,
and general mayhem plus short stories.
Her bestselling Bennett Sisters mystery series
began with "Blackbird Fly". She also writes thrillers as Rory Tate,
the latest of which is "PLAN X." Her short story is included in this fall's noir anthology, "The Obama Inheritance." She lives in Montana.
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You can read my review of Blackbird Fly here and The Girl in the Empty Dress here.
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