Alexis Ragougneau on tour: The Madonna of Notre Dame

Alexis Ragougneau

on Tour

September 12-21

with

The Madonna of Notre Dame

(thriller)

Release date: October 11, 2016
at New Vessel Press

ISBN: 978-1-939931-39-3
210 pages

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SYNOPSIS

Fifty thousand believers and photo-hungry tourists jam into Notre Dame Cathedral on August 15 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. The next morning, a stunningly beautiful young woman clothed all in white kneels at prayer in a cathedral side chapel. But when an American tourist accidentally bumps against her, her body collapses. She has been murdered: the autopsy reveals disturbing details. Police investigators and priests search for the killer as they discover other truths about guilt and redemption in this soaring Paris refuge for the lost, the damned, and the saved. The suspect is a disturbed young man obsessed with the Virgin Mary who spends his days hallucinating in front of a Madonna. But someone else knows the true killer of the white-clad daughter of Algerian immigrants. This thrilling novel illuminates shadowy corners of the world’s most famous cathedral, shedding light on good and evil with suspense, compassion and wry humor.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexis Ragougneau
is a playwright and
The Madonna of Notre Dame is his first novel.
He has worked in Notre Dame Cathedral
helping monitor tourist crowds
and knows well its infinite secrets
and the forgotten souls who linger in its darkest corners.

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, September 12
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Wednesday, September 14
Review at Svetlana’s Reads and Views

Friday, September 16
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Saturday, September 17
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at
Musings of a Writer & Unabashed Francophile

Sunday, September 18
Spotlight + Giveaway at
History from a Woman’s Perspective

Monday, September 19
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Fuonlyknew

Tuesday, September 20
Review + Giveaway at Reading to Unwind

Wednesday, September 21
Review at Book and Ink

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or on any other book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter/Facebook,
they are listed in the entry form below.

Enter here

Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday
of the Tour will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]

Global giveaway open to US residents:
1 winner will receive a copy of this book

July 5, 2016

WordsAndPeace

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Categories: Crime fiction, Detective, Mystery, Paris, Thriller Tags: Alexis Ragougneau, New Vessel Press, Notre Dame, Paris

Tainted Tokay: giveaway winner

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won a copy of

Tainted Tokay

the latest book in the Winemaker Detective Series,
by

Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN

is here!

Celebrating the success of the Cooker Guide, the Winemaker Detective Benjamin Cooker takes a cruise down the Danube with his wife and editor. Enjoying mythic Tokaji wines in Budapest, all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Virgile must handle the business in Bordeaux, while Alexandrine is attacked.

Here is what the publisher is sharing about it:

12 Facts You Can Steal:
Bordeaux, Cork Taint, Transylvania,
Tokay and more

As readers know, the Winemaker Detective series offers an immersive experience in both French countryside and winemaking, with some gentle mystery on the side. In the most recent addition to the series—Tainted Tokay—Benjamin Cooker travels abroad to Hungary while his trusty assistant Virgile stays at home. In this one, I learned a number of fun facts, as usual. Here are twelve of them.

Some Bordeaux wine estates have cupolas—those are dome-like structures on the top of a building. These were once used to watch for thieves during the grape harvest.
In the city of Bordeaux, the cupolas served to spot the arrival of merchant ships.
The Prince of Transylvania gave King Louis XIV of France a bottle of Tokay wine from the Tokaj region in Hungary, which gave the wine
click on the “12 facts” title to read the whole article

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

©David Nakache

Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen,
wine lover and music lover respectively,
came up with the idea for the Winemaker Detective series
while sharing a meal,
with a bottle of Château Gaudou 1996,
a red wine from Cahors
with smooth tannins and a balanced nose.

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June 7, 2016

WordsAndPeace

Bookgiveaway: Tainted Tokay

Tainted Tokay

the latest book in the Winemaker Detective Series,
by

Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN

is here!

Celebrating the success of the Cooker Guide, the Winemaker Detective Benjamin Cooker takes a cruise down the Danube with his wife and editor. Enjoying mythic Tokaji wines in Budapest, all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Virgile must handle the business in Bordeaux, while Alexandrine is attacked.

France Book Tours just read it and found it one of the best in the series!

Here is what the publisher is sharing today about it:

12 Facts You Can Steal:
Bordeaux, Cork Taint, Transylvania,
Tokay and more

As readers know, the Winemaker Detective series offers an immersive experience in both French countryside and winemaking, with some gentle mystery on the side. In the most recent addition to the series—Tainted Tokay—Benjamin Cooker travels abroad to Hungary while his trusty assistant Virgile stays at home. In this one, I learned a number of fun facts, as usual. Here are twelve of them.

Some Bordeaux wine estates have cupolas—those are dome-like structures on the top of a building. These were once used to watch for thieves during the grape harvest.
In the city of Bordeaux, the cupolas served to spot the arrival of merchant ships.
The Prince of Transylvania gave King Louis XIV of France a bottle of Tokay wine from the Tokaj region in Hungary, which gave the wine
click on the “12 facts” title to read the whole article

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

©David Nakache

Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen,
wine lover and music lover respectively,
came up with the idea for the Winemaker Detective series
while sharing a meal,
with a bottle of Château Gaudou 1996,
a red wine from Cahors
with smooth tannins and a balanced nose.

Goodreads

Buy the book |

Follow Le French Book on Twitter | on Facebook

Sign up to receive their latest news and deals.

BOOK GIVEAWAY

Click below to enter the international giveaway

Enter here

1 participant will win a copy of this book.
Print/digital format for US residents
Digital for all other residents

May 23, 2016

WordsAndPeace

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Categories: Cozy mystery, Detective, Giveaway, Mystery, whodunit Tags: Blood of the Vine, Hungary, Jean-Pierre Alaux, Noel Balen, Tokay, wine

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We have a winner!

won a copy of

Tainted Tokay

the latest book in the Winemaker Detective Series, by

Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN

is here!

Celebrating the success of the Cooker Guide, the Winemaker Detective Benjamin Cooker takes a cruise down the Danube with his wife and editor. Enjoying mythic Tokaji wines in Budapest, all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Virgile must handle the business in Bordeaux, while Alexandrine is attacked.

Here is what the publisher is sharing about it:

Some Bordeaux wine estates have cupolas—those are dome-like structures on the top of a building. These were once used to watch for thieves during the grape harvest.

In the city of Bordeaux, the cupolas served to spot the arrival of merchant ships.

The Prince of Transylvania gave King Louis XIV of France a bottle of Tokay wine from the Tokaj region in Hungary, which gave the wine

click on the “12 facts” title to read the whole article

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Rate this:

Share this:

Tainted Tokay

the latest book in the Winemaker Detective Series, by

Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN

is here!

Celebrating the success of the Cooker Guide, the Winemaker Detective Benjamin Cooker takes a cruise down the Danube with his wife and editor. Enjoying mythic Tokaji wines in Budapest, all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Virgile must handle the business in Bordeaux, while Alexandrine is attacked.

France Book Tours just read it and found it one of the best in the series!

Here is what the publisher is sharing today about it:

Some Bordeaux wine estates have cupolas—those are dome-like structures on the top of a building. These were once used to watch for thieves during the grape harvest.

In the city of Bordeaux, the cupolas served to spot the arrival of merchant ships.

The Prince of Transylvania gave King Louis XIV of France a bottle of Tokay wine from the Tokaj region in Hungary, which gave the wine

click on the “12 facts” title to read the whole article

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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