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Murder à la Carte: A French Countryside Village Romantic Mystery with a WWII Twist (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Susan Kiernan-Lewis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When her boyfriend inherits an ancient vineyard in France, Maggie Newberry quits her job in Atlanta to accompany him for a year abroad. They settle in the tiny village of St-Buvard, but murder has gone long before them and follows close behind. Murder a la Carte brings Atlanta copywriter Maggie Newberry to the brink of two connected murders—both committed in her home—and both poised to threaten everything she holds dear. When Maggie agrees to move to France with her boyfriend—a French ex-confidence man who has just inherited a house and vineyard—she doesn’t expect her year of French market shopping and weekend trips to Paris to be interrupted by a vicious murder in her living room. Or that the bloody violence that occurred on their front doorstep sixty years earlier after the end of the Second World War might be connected. If you want to save the price of a ticket to the south of France this year, pick up Murder a la Carte instead. It will give you a delicious escape into the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of Provence—all tucked nicely within the framework of a tightly woven mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page.
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  1. Book 2 of 25
    The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series
  2. Print length
    434 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    July 29 2011
  6. File size
    1982 KB
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    Murder in the South of France: A fast-paced thriller mystery with a female sleuth set in Cannes (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 1)
    Susan Kiernan-Lewis
    3.8 out of five stars (10,745)
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    Murder à la Carte: A French Countryside Village Romantic Mystery with a WWII Twist (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 2)
    Susan Kiernan-Lewis
    4.2 out of five stars (1,797)
    Kindle Edition
    CDN$6.23
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    Murder in Provence: A French Country Village New Marriage Mystery (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 3)
    Susan Kiernan-Lewis
    4.0 out of five stars (2,306)
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    Murder in Paris: A Fashion Week New Marriage Mystery (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 4)
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    4.3 out of five stars (1,023)
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    Murder in Aix: A French Countryside Village Mystery (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 5)
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    4.1 out of five stars (2,240)
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    Murder in Nice: A Provence and French Riviera Television Travel Guide Mystery (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 6)
    Susan Kiernan-Lewis
    4.2 out of five stars (2,732)
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    Murder in the Latin Quarter: A Paris Mystery in the Shadow of Notre-Dame (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 7)
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    4.4 out of five stars (1,128)
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    Murder in the Abbey (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 8)
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    4.2 out of five stars (2,743)
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    Murder in the Bistro: A French Countryside Village Best Friend and Kidnapping Mystery (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 9)
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    Murder in Cannes: A French Riviera Mystery (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 10)
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005FA429K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ San Marco Press (July 29 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1982 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 434 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1477434399
  • Customer Reviews:
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Susan Kiernan-Lewis is a USA TODAY Bestselling Author and the writer of the bestselling Maggie Newberry Mysteries. She has also written the popular post-apocalyptic thriller series, The Irish End Games, The Mia Kazmaroff Mysteries, The Stranded in Provence Mysteries, and the Claire Baskerville Mysteries. Sign up to be notified of new releases, sneak previews, giveaways & other book news! Go to: www.susankiernanlewis.com.

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Vindra Gosine
5.0 out of 5 stars Maggie Newberry myseries
Reviewed in Canada on July 20, 2015
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Loved it so much, I purchased all the books that were available in the series. Makes me want to go to France
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Marie-Jose Blouin
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting!
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2015
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I like to follow the adventures of Maggie & Laurent. The plots are well written and fun. However it looks like the editing was not properly done, mostly when sentences are written in French. A lot of corrections are needed. It's very annoying to see bad spelling.
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2.0 out of 5 stars waiting too long before a murder
Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2022
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didn't like it. no murder after 15% of the book.
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Claudine Delacour-Jarrett
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2022
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Lovely story
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Reviewed in France on October 2, 2017
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Barbara
3.0 out of 5 stars This series
Reviewed in Italy on October 26, 2014
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I did enjoy the first book, the second a bit less. As the series continued I began to dislike the main character who came over as being stupid, selfish and self-centered.
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Tullia
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnifigue!
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2012
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The setting for this book is the charming Provencal region of France in the quaint village of St - Buvard where Maggie Newberry and Laurent Dernier have moved onto the vineyards inherited by Laurent. They have settled in nicely into the spacious farmhouse and befriended three American ex-patriots: Grace and Windsor, wealthy chateau owners, and Connor a wealthy artist. They have also been welcomed by their French neighbors, Jean-Luc, the Delacores, Madame Dulcie and Madame Renoir the town baker who makes marvelous breads and pastries, and who also gave beautiful puppies to Grace and Maggie. Laurent, with Jean-Luc's advice is tending his vineyards, and, of course, preparing sumptious gourmet meals. Maggie is cultivating a warm relationship with Grace, and smartly decorating the farmhouse.

Maggie's parents with her niece Nicole arrive to celebrate our American Thanksgiving, and Laurent and Maggie invite twelve guests for dinner, which goes very well. However, Maggie is annoyed with Connor who arrives very late, and leaves, so she thinks, without saying goodbye. After the dinner, Laurent holds a degustation which is the tasting of the different wines that his vineyard has produced. Laurent has invited over 100 people from the village. Maggie can't wait for everyone to leave. Finally, only one guest is left, and Maggie offers to drive her home. Laurent says he will also come along, but first he wants to go to the basement to get more bottles of wine. Maggie's father goes with him. They return immediately, upset, call the police and report that Connor is dead in the basement--murdered.

This is not the first murder that took place in Maggie and Laurent's farmhouse. A family of four had been killed in 1947 by the town war hero according to village lore. Maggie decides to research and investigate this incident, and also try to figure out who murdered Connor. Her probing is starting to show that these murders may be connected. To further exacerbate matters, Maggie and Laurent are being harrassed by some of the villagers who are trying to force them out of France.

This book is not only an excellent whodunit, but the author also imparts interesting data about the wine industry. She states that at the end of the 19th century a pestilence ravished the vineyards of France and Europe until American vinestocks were grafted onto French and European vinestocks. This impeded the pestilence and saved the vineyards. Moreover, it saved the entire French and European wine industry. Fascinating!

This book is not only a cozy murder mystery which keeps the reader guessing until the end as to who the murderer is, but it is a delightful, scenic visit to the Provencal region of France in the deft hands of Ms.Kiernan Lewis. Amazon Verified Purchase
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Reviewed in Australia on October 27, 2015
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Loved it!!
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