Posts from the ‘Detective’ Category

Incentive program winner: Mayhem in Margaux

France Book Tours offers an incentive program to the book bloggers who take time to cross-post their positive reviews to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Itunes, Kobo, Goodreads/Shelfari/LibraryThing, etc.
See more details on this post.

NB: no incentive program winner for The Morgenstern Project – not enough reviewers participated.

From the book bloggers who reviewed

Mayhem-in-Margaux

Random.org chose the winner:

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Among the links received from these bloggers
in this order:

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Veronica will receive a $15 gift card of her choice!

Remember: it just takes a few mn  to paste links of your cross-posted reviews on our new page. This is all it takes to enter to win $15 with France Book Tours!

Here is an excerpt of her review,
click on the link to read her full review

I enjoyed this book, it was a fun and enjoyable walk through the French vineyards!
It’s the first book I read of this series but can not wait  to read the others.

 

 Buy the book | on Indiebound | Amazon | on Barnes & Noble

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Anne-Laure Thiéblemont on Tour: The Collector

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on  Tour

August 10-29

with

Collector

The Collector

(mystery)

 Release date: August 11, 2015
at Le French Book

211  pages

ISBN: 978-1939474445

Website | Goodreads

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SYNOPSIS

Some people collect art, others collect trouble. Marion Spicer spends her days examining auction catalogues and searching for stolen works of art. She is a top-notch investigator when it comes to eighteenth-century art. But for her it’s just a job and her life is well ordered. All this changes when she inherits a huge and very prestigious collection of pre-Columbian art from a father she never knew. There are conditions attached: she must first find three priceless statues. That is when her troubles begin. Her father’s death sparked much greed, and Marion finds herself facing the merciless microcosm of Paris art auctions and galleries, with its sharks, schemes, fences, traps, scams, and attacks. Her quest draws her into a world where people will kill for a love of beauty. [provided by the publisher]
Reviewers: the book contains some sex and violence

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Collector Anne Laure Thieblemont ©RobertTerzian An art reporter and trained gem specialist,
Anne-Laure Thiéblemont
is known for her investigations into stolen art
and gem trafficking.
She currently works as a magazine editor,
and splits her time between Paris and Marseille.

 ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

Sophie Weiner is a freelance translator and book publishing assistant from Baltimore, Maryland. After earning degrees in French from Bucknell University and New York University, Sophie went on to complete a master’s in literary translation from the Sorbonne, where she focused her thesis on translating wordplay in works by Oulipo authors. She has translated and written for web-based companies dedicated to art, cinema, and fashion as well as for nonprofit organizations. Growing up with BabarMadeline, and The Little Prince, Sophie was bitten by the Francophile bug at an early age, and is fortunate enough to have lived in Paris, Lille, and the Loire Valley.
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, August 10
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Wednesday, August 12
Review + Giveaway at I Wish I Lived in a Library

Tuesday, August 18
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Wednesday, August 19
Review + Interview + Giveaway at Book And Ink

Thursday, August 20
Review + Excerpt +  Giveaway at
Musings of a Writer & Unabashed Francophile

Monday, August 24
Review + Giveaway at Queen of All She Reads

Thursday, August 27
Spotlight + Guest-Post + Giveaway at The Discerning Reader

Friday, August 28
Review + Giveaway at Griperang’s Bookmarks

Saturday, August 29
Review + Giveaway at Libri Amori Miei

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You can enter the global giveaway here
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

Entry-Form

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 internationally:
5 participants will each win a copy of this book.
Print/digital format for US residents
Digital for all other residents

 

 

Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen on Tour: Flambé in Armagnac

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Authors Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN

are featured for the 7th time on France Book Tours!
After Treachery in Bordeaux,
Grand Cru Heist,
Nightmare in Burgundy,
Deadly Tasting,
Cognac Conspiracies,
Mayhem in Margaux
meet again the famous wine maker detective with this 7th volume!

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Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN

on  Tour

August 4-23

with

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Flambé in Armagnac

(cozy mystery)

 Release date: August 6, 2015
at Le French Book

140  pages

ISBN: 978-1939474414

Website | Goodreads

SYNOPSIS

A small town holds fiercely onto its secrets.
In the heart of Gascony, a fire ravages the warehouse of one of Armagnac’s top estates, killing the master distiller. Wine expert Benjamin Cooker is called in to estimate the value of the losses. But Cooker and his assistant Virgile want to know more. How did the old alembic explode? Was it really an accident? Why is the estate owner Baron de Castayrac penniless? How legal are his dealings? The deeper the Winemaker Detective digs, the more suspicious characters he uncovers. There is more than one disgruntled inhabitant in this small town. As we witness the time-honored process of Armagnac distillation and the day-to-day activities of the hunt, the market place, and the struggle for power and duck confit, we get a glimpse of the traditions of southwestern France where this mystery of possible arson and murder lies below the surface. [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

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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 winemaking.
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

Translator Sally Pane studied French at State University of New York Oswego and the Sorbonne before receiving her Masters Degree in French Literature from the University of Colorado. She has translated several titles in this series.
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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Tuesday, August 4
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at For The Hook of a Book

Thursday, August 6
Spotlight + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Thursday, August 13
Review + Giveaway at Libri Amori Miei

Monday, August 17
Spotlight + Excerpt +  Giveaway at Griperang’s Bookmarks

Wednesday, August 19
Review + Giveaway at Queen of All She Reads

Friday, August 21
Spotlight + Guest-Post +  Giveaway at The Discerning Reader

Sunday, August 23
Spotlight + Giveaway at Words And Peace

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You can enter the global giveaway here
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
.

Entry-Form

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 internationally:
5 participants will each win a copy of this book.
Print/digital format for US residents
Digital for all other residents