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A Saint-Emilion Vineyard Mystery #2
A Devil in the Grape
A murder near Saint-Emilion reunites English widow, Jeanne Valeix, with the enigmatic police captain, Pierre Lefèvre. The vineyards of the French Gironde form the backdrop to an unfolding drama and burgeoning romance. Will Jeanne cope with the demands of the forthcoming wine harvest, her initiation into the town’s secret society, and her unfailing devotion to Pierre? Assisted by her surrogate family – Archie, her autistic business partner; Wendy, her septuagenarian houseguest; and Turk, the loyal Jack Russell terrier – she aims to crack the case, save a wrongly accused Algerian boy, and find the love she craves. Part 2 of the Saint-Emilion Vineyard Mystery series, follows the novel The Grape's Joy. Patrick Hilyer, author of the award-winning wine travel guide French Vineyards, lives and works in Normandy, France.
203 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 15, 2017
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Patrick Hilyer
5 books11 followersPatrick Hilyer, author of the award-winning wine travel guide French Vineyards, lives and works in Normandy, France.
"For the first ten years of life in rural France we ran a small restaurant called Le Délice. My wife was the chef de cuisine and I did all the non-skilled work...
In 2008 I got a publishing deal with the guidebook publishers Alastair Sawday's for a book on the French wine regions called French Vineyards. I've since published two novels: The Grape's Joy and A Devil in the Grape. Now I'm working on the third book in the series and a book about our experiences in the French restaurant trade.
I have a typically ambivalent relationship with my adopted country: I adore the French landscape, the ancient architecture, the fine food and wine; I can't abide the bureaucracy or the way my neighbours drive. As in every other country I've ever visited (including Great Britain) the people are, on the whole, very nice. I invariably regard my glass as being half full.
I don't write like Elmore Leonard or James Elroy, and for that I offer no apologies.
I enjoy all good writing. One of my earliest literary memories goes back to when I was three or four, listening to my mother reading "The Outing" by Dylan Thomas. I've enjoyed lyrical prose ever since. My favourite crime-writers are Donna Leon, Michael Dibdin and Thomas Harris.
I imagine myself writing like Julian Barnes, drinking like Tennessee Williams and living like Ernest Hemingway; then reach for my pipe and slippers and a hot cup of cocoa.
Brexit stinks."
"For the first ten years of life in rural France we ran a small restaurant called Le Délice. My wife was the chef de cuisine and I did all the non-skilled work...
In 2008 I got a publishing deal with the guidebook publishers Alastair Sawday's for a book on the French wine regions called French Vineyards. I've since published two novels: The Grape's Joy and A Devil in the Grape. Now I'm working on the third book in the series and a book about our experiences in the French restaurant trade.
I have a typically ambivalent relationship with my adopted country: I adore the French landscape, the ancient architecture, the fine food and wine; I can't abide the bureaucracy or the way my neighbours drive. As in every other country I've ever visited (including Great Britain) the people are, on the whole, very nice. I invariably regard my glass as being half full.
I don't write like Elmore Leonard or James Elroy, and for that I offer no apologies.
I enjoy all good writing. One of my earliest literary memories goes back to when I was three or four, listening to my mother reading "The Outing" by Dylan Thomas. I've enjoyed lyrical prose ever since. My favourite crime-writers are Donna Leon, Michael Dibdin and Thomas Harris.
I imagine myself writing like Julian Barnes, drinking like Tennessee Williams and living like Ernest Hemingway; then reach for my pipe and slippers and a hot cup of cocoa.
Brexit stinks."
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October 8, 2017
A devil in the grape A vintage read
A good sequal to the first book is the series I shall look forward to my next excursion into book three
A good sequal to the first book is the series I shall look forward to my next excursion into book three
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