Deadly Tasting: release day today

Authors Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN

are featured for the 4th time on France Book Tours!
After Treachery in Bordeaux,
Grand Cru Heist,
and Nightmare in Burgundy,
meet again the famous wine maker detective with this 4th volume!

Today is the official

release day of

Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN

on Tour

October 10-29, 2014

with

Deadly Tasting

[cozy mystery]

Release date: October 17, 2014
at Le French Book

144 pages

ISBN: 978-1939474216

Website | Goodreads

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SYNOPSIS

A serial killer is on the loose in Bordeaux. A local chief detective calls wine expert Benjamin Cooker to the crime scene of a brutal murder. The killer has left a strange calling card: twelve wine glasses lined up in a semi-circle with the first one filled with wine. Cooker is charged with the task of identifying the fabulous grand cru and is astonished by what he learns. A second victim is found, with two glasses filled. Is the killer intentionally leaving clues about his victims and his motives? Memories are jogged about the complicated history of Bordeaux during Nazi occupation. It was a dark time: weinfuhrers ruled the wine trade, while collaborationists and paramilitary organizations spread terror throughout the region. In present-day wine country, time is running out. Will Cooker and his young assistant Virgile solve the mystery before all twelve glasses are full? [provided by the publisher]

WATCH THE TRAILER

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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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Read more about it here

book giveaway open until October 30!

October 17, 2014

WordsAndPeace

August Book of the month giveaway winners

Random.org has spoken:

and the happy winners of

are

Tallullah Scribbles

at

Mad Hoydenish

Apart from winning this book,
Tallulah will be featured as the blogger of the month
until the last day of September.
Please go visit her book blog!

and

Meg

at

A Bookish Affair

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Disappointed you didn’t win?

Why not buy yourself a treat?
Just $7.99 on kindle!

September 1, 2014

WordsAndPeace

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Categories: blogger, Book of the Month, Giveaway, Historical fiction Tags: Bordeaux, Chantegrêle, Jean-Paul Malaval, wine

Giveaway winners: The Wharf of Chartons

Anne won a print copy

and Brandi won a mobi copy

of

The Wharf of Chartrons

[historical fiction]

Release date: August 12, 2014
at Open Road Integrated Media / Publishers Square

468 pages

ISBN: 978-1-4804-6119-2

Goodreads

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SYNOPSIS

A family linked by wine and old rivalries sets out for new territory, during the turmoil of World War I.

David and Gaspard are cousins, bonded by family and their allegiance to their winemaking heritage. Parting with tradition and moving their vineyards near Bordeaux threatens to upset the family peace, but that’s only the beginning of their trouble. Short on funds, they are forced to team with a wealthy but morally corrupt engineer—though perhaps at a cost too high for the cousins…

Despite the odds, David and Gaspard succeed in making a successful wine, Clos-Marzacq. Along the way, they each fall in love, though not always in the best of circumstances. And now, to cement their successes, the cousins need to secure a stronghold on the Wharf of Chartrons, seen as the gateway to selling into England and America.

The Wharf of Chartrons exalts the passion of men who have a love of their land, and who are concerned about drawing the very best wine from it. [provided by the publisher]

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