Posts tagged ‘Jean-Pierre Alaux’

France Book Tours stops for March 30-April 5

 Collector of Dying Breaths cover

Sunday, March 30
Review + Giveaway at
Ciska’s Book Chest

Monday, March 31
Review + Giveaway at
Queen of All She Reads

Tuesday, April 1
Review + Giveaway at Books A To Z

Wednesday, April 2
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed

Thursday, April 3
Review at Lisa’s Yarns

Friday, April 4
Review at Blog in France

Saturday, April 5
Review at Doing Dewey

Confessions of a Paris Party Girl - cover

Monday, March 31
Review at Words And Peace

Wednesday, April 2
Review at An Accidental Blog

Thursday, April 3
Review at Book Nerd

Friday, April 4
Review + Excerpt at Books Are Cool
Interview at The French Village Diaries

Grand Cru Heist cover

Tuesday, April 1
Review + Giveaway at Mommasez…

Wednesday, April 2
Review  at Books Are Cool

Thursday, April 3
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed
Review + Giveaway at Queen Of All She Reads

Friday, April 4
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Bookalicious

Saturday, April 5
Review + Giveaway at Valli’s Book Den

First Chapter First Paragraph — Treachery in Bordeaux

first paragraphEvery Tuesday,
Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea posts the first paragraph of her current read.
Anyone can join in.
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I will share here the first paragraph of a book
in the Completed Tours category.

Treachery in Bordeaux
140 pages,

ISBN-13: 978-1939474025
Published  on October 9, 2012, by Le French Book, Inc.
First published in French (Fayard, 2004)

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The morning was cool and radiant. A west wind had swept the clouds far inland to the gentle hills beyond the city of Bordeaux. Benjamin Cooker gave two whistles, one short, the other drawn out, and Bacchus appeared from the high grass in the riverbank. He had that impertinent look that Irish setters get when you remind them that they are dogs. Cooker liked this clever and deceptively disciplined attitude. He would never roam his childhood landscapes with an animal that was too docile. The Médoc was still wild, despite its well-ordered garden veneer, and it would always be that way. In the distance, a few low wisps of fog were finishing their lazy dance along the Gironde estuary. it was nearly eleven and time to go home..

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