Cognac Conspiracies: release day today
Today is the official
release day of
Cognac Conspiracies
(cozy wine mystery)
Release date: February 18, 2015
at Le French Book
140 pages
ISBN: 978-1939474322
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SYNOPSIS
The heirs to one of the oldest Cognac estates in France face a hostile takeover by foreign investors. Renowned wine expert Benjamin Cooker is called in to audit the books. In what he thought was a sleepy provincial town, he is stonewalled, crosses paths with his first love, and stands up to high-level state officials keen on controlling the buyout. Meanwhile, irresistible Virgile mingles with the local population until a drowning changes the stakes. [provided by the publisher]
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An episode in a long successful French mysteries series
that is a hit television series now in its fourth season
and attracting an audience of over 4 million.
The series is a huge success in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
©David Nakache
The authors of the Winemaker Detective series, are Epicures.
Jean-Pierre Alaux is a magazine, radio and TV journalist
when he is not writing novels in southwestern France.
He is the grandson of a winemaker
and exhibits a real passion for wine and wine making.
For him, there is no greater common denominator than wine.
He gets a sparkle in his eye when he talks about the Winemaker Detective,
which he coauthors with Noël Balen.
Noël lives in Paris, where he shares his time between writing,
making records, and lecturing on music.
He plays bass, is a music critic and has authored a number of books
about musicians in addition to his novel and short-story writing.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Buy the book | on Indiebound | Amazon | on Barnes & Noble
And there’s a good deal right now on the first books of the series.
The first volumes are now also available as audiobooks,
wonderfully narrated by Simon Prebble!
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February 18, 2015
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