Murderous Mistral by Cay Rademacher

September 19, 2017

Capitaine Roger Blanc blows into Provence, and fans flames in the same way the dangerous mistral winds do in the summer. Cay Rademacher’s Murderous Mistral, translated from the German by Peter Millar, loses nothing in the translation. Blanc is a fascinating...

Love & Death in Burgundy by Susan C. Shea

May 07, 2017

Susan C. Shea launches the French Village Mystery series with Love & Death in Burgundy. Filled with descriptions of a charming village, eccentric characters, and humorous conversations, readers who miss Rhys Bowen’s Evan Evans mysteries might want to check...

Letters from Paris by Juliet Blackwell

September 08, 2016

Juliet Blackwell, author of The Paris Key, takes us back to that city in another atmospheric, intriguing  story, Letters from Paris. It’s a story of longing, and pain, and loss, wrapped up in art, sculpture, food and wine, in secrets. Claire Broussard...

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

October 21, 2015

No one but Sarah Vowell can manage to write about history with wry humor, while managing to also include references to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Elvis Presley and Bruce Springsteen. At the same time, she brings the Marquis de Lafayette and the sometimes...

Enchantress of Paris by Marci Jefferson

August 04, 2015

If you love sweeping historical novels featuring the kings and queens, you won’t want to miss Marci Jefferson’s latest novel, Enchantress of Paris. Marie Mancini might not be a household name, but the story of her love for Louis XIV, the Sun King,...