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The mystery is a light one, and the book is full of delightful humorous touches. The whole thing has a very campy (in a good way) feel, from Richard’s references to his beloved classic cinema to the madcap, zany race to solve the mystery.
Richard remains a dazed passenger in the case until things become really serious and someone murders Ava Gardner, one of his beloved hens... and you don't mess with a fellow's hens! It’s bonkers but fabulously entertaining, I most definitely recommend this read if you want a good laugh...I’m so looking forward to the next adventure in the Follet Valley.New author alert and I just love a new author especially ias he lives in rural France just like me. So this was a great treat to find this author and a comedian as well. Double whammy! Death and Croissants by Ian Moore is the first in a new series its set in the fictional Val de Follet Valley in the Loire Valley. It's a great mystery But a little crazy and very quirky, but, slightly over the top cosy mystery, and I loved it. It was a fun book to dive into! The weird french names (You can tell that maybe the author tried a little bit too hard to made them sound french) Richard just wants a quiet life running his B&B in the beautiful Loire Valley, but when one of his guests goes missing he gets caught up in the action!
One day, however, one of his older guests disappears, leaving behind a bloody handprint on the wallpaper and broken bloodied glasses in a bin . Another guest, the enigmatic Valerie, along with her pampered pooch, Passepartout persuades a reluctant Richard to join her in investigating the disappearance. Richard, a 50-something Englishman running a French B&B, has is quiet life interrupted when a bloody handprint is found at his hotel. Throw in a glamorous and managing French woman, a couple of Italian honeymooners, a couple of swingers who run a rival rival B&B and a pair of elderly twins who hate each other (one of whom may or may not have gone missing). A twisty tale with a cast of flamboyant characters, all depicted with impeccable wit. Poor, ever-so-English Richard is the unlikely hero of the story, and the plot cleverly unfolds as he begins to understand (or misunderstand) the completely bewildering situation he suddenly finds himself in. A clever whodunit that leaves the reader guessing as well as laughing. A perfect summer read. Ian Moore is apparently a successful standup comedian in The UK and once I read that upon finishing the book so many things made sense to me. Richard Ainsworth runs a B&B in a quiet corner of the Loire Valley, he is boring, dull, uninquisitive and, well just really boring.
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It stars Richard, a British ex-pat running a B&B in the Loire Valley turned reluctant amateur sleuth when one of his guests goes missing and another one, Valérie D’Orcay, compels him to investigate. It's a while since a book made me cry with laughter quite as much as "Death and Croissants" has done. That this far-fetched comedy about a Brit expat running a B & B in the Loire Valley area of France is written by British comic Ian Moore who himself owns a B & B in the same area begs several questions about the life of a B & B owner! This book has laugh out loud British humour, brilliantly eccentric characters including a pair a English ex pat swingers, a grumpy housekeeper and a mysterious femme fatale! Encouraged by another of his guests, the enigmatic Valérie, Richard sets about investigating the disappearance. Before he knows it, he is faced with a world of nudist colonies and the Mafia. Its author, Ian Moore, is a stand-up comedian so as you’d expect, there are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments in this delightfully twisty ‘qui-dunnit’. The pair find themselves mixed up with the Sicilian mafia, a brotherly feud, nudity, a local pair of British swinger
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