It is fitting to think of Paris during Fall. After all, it is the time when fashion comes alive all the city. So, this fashion month, it is fitting that we go visit Paris, albeit through the eyes of Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen in their new book, “Montmartre Mysteries “, the latest installment in the Winemaker Detective Mystery series.
We also have “The Collector” by Anne-Laure Thiéblemont. From Thiéblemont’s eyes, we get a glimpse of the competitive Paris art scene.
Montmartre Mysteries (The Winemaker Detective Series Book 8)
by Jean-Pierre Alaux, Noël Balen
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Cooking, Food & Wine
Publisher: Le French Book
Pub Date: Sep 3, 2015
Description
Wine expert Benjamin Cooker travels to the French capital, where his is called to help care for some vineyards in Montmartre, a neighborhood full of memories for him. He stops in on an old friend. Arthur Solacroup left the Foreign Legion to open a wine shop good enough to be in the Cooker Guide. But an attempted murder brings the past back into the present. But which past? The winemaker detective and his assistant Virgile want to know more, and their investigation leads them from the the sands of Djibouti to the vineyards of Côte du Rhône.
The Collector
by Anne-Laure Thiéblemont
Genre: General Fiction (Adult), Mystery & Thrillers
Publisher: Le French Book
Pub Date: Aug 11, 2015
Description
In the merciless microcosm of Paris art auctions and galleries, some people collect art, while others collect trouble. Marion Spicer spends her days examining auction catalogues and searching for stolen works of art. She is a top-notch investigator when it comes to eighteenth-century art. But for her it’s just a job and her life is well ordered. All this changes when she inherits a huge and very prestigious collection of pre-Columbian art from a father she never knew. There are conditions attached: she must first find three priceless statues. That is when her troubles begin. Her father’s death sparked much greed, and Marion finds herself facing sharks, schemes, fences, traps, scams, and attacks. Her quest draws her into a world where people will kill for a love of beauty.