Murder in the Rue Dumas (A Provençal Mystery Book 2)

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This one featured one of the worst fake French accents I have heard in many years, and just when my ears were beginning to adjust to the terrible pronunciations, the protagonist and his girlfriend visited some part of Italy, where the cadences were no more credible! Door alle verschillende verdachten zit er redelijk wat vaart in het verhaal, er moet veel worden onderzocht en er is minder ruimte voor uitgebreide beschrijvingen, al wordt er zeker nog voldoende gepraat over eten, drinken en sigaren, (culturele) geschiedenis, de onderlinge relaties en het persoonlijke leven van de personages. Explanations of relationships are clear and kept short (no rehashing of everything one might have learned in the first novel) and are just enough to make new readers comfortable. M L Longworth sounds great fun – here’s some background on her if you want to know more: http://mllongworth.

My new book takes you on a journey visiting museums and galleries as well as artists’ studios and their favourite painting spots. Professor Moutte was about to announce the recipient of both a fellowship, and his position as Director - which includes the coveted apartment in a 17th century mansion.Marine is dating Antoine again, but his behavior continues to unsettle the relationship despite their acknowledgment of their love for one another. Nicely written, easily read, and the murder of the professor is solved after lots of food is eaten, lots of wine drunk, several cigars smoked, and we learn a lot more about Verlaque's back story. Aided by his on-again, off-again girlfriend, law professor Marine Bonnet, Berlaque must turn Provence upside down, uncovering a world far more complicated than university politics, to find the killer before it’s too late.

Aided by his on-again, off-again girlfriend, law professor Marine Bonnet, Berlaque must turn Provence upside down, uncovering a world far more complicated than university politics, to find the killer before it's too late. But someone decides to take matters into their own hands and force Moette's retirement upon him---permanently.The second book in the delightful Verlaque and Bonnet mystery series is another page-turning whodunit, this time in set in a small community of theology students and professors at Aix-en-Provence's university. Longworth’s gentle procedural succeeds on several levels, whether it’s for academic and literary allusions, police work, or armchair travel. She has written about the region for the Washington Post , the Times (London), the Independent (London), and Bon Appétit .

I enjoy college settings for murder mysteries and this has the added bonus of wrong doers and victims being part of the Theology Department at Universite' d'Aix. Intryga kryminalna zupełnie nie wciąga, pan sędzia wciąż jest seksistą (choć kryguje się, że nie jest), jego partnerka wypowiada pierwsze pełne zdanie gdzieś pod koniec książki, a na domiar złego autorka w jednej scenie utrwala stereotypy nt.

Supposedly people who like Guido Brunetti like this series as well, but I'll stick with the pasta-loving, grappa-drinking Veneziano from now on. Death at the Château Bremont offers charming French locales, vivid characters and an intriguing who-done-it.