The Winemaker Detective
An Omnibus
New York : Le French Book, [2015]
Format: Book
Description: 309 pages ; 22 cm.
Master vintner and amateur investigator, Benjamin Cooker, travels to vineyards around France where he encounters murder or theft in this collection of three stories.
Series: Alaux, Jean-Pierre, 1955- Winemaker detective novel.
Other Authors:
Balen, Noël, 1959- author.
Trager, Anne, translator.
Pane, Sally, translator.
Alaux, Jean-Pierre, 1955- Mission à Haut-Brion. English.
Alaux, Jean-Pierre, 1955- Pour qui sonne l'angélus. English.
Alaux, Jean-Pierre, 1955- Cauchemar dans les Côtes-de-Nuit. English.
Balen, Noël, 1959- author.
Trager, Anne, translator.
Pane, Sally, translator.
Alaux, Jean-Pierre, 1955- Mission à Haut-Brion. English.
Alaux, Jean-Pierre, 1955- Pour qui sonne l'angélus. English.
Alaux, Jean-Pierre, 1955- Cauchemar dans les Côtes-de-Nuit. English.
Contents:
Treachery in Bordeaux -- Grand cru heist -- Nightmare in Burgundy.
Subjects:
Private investigators -- France -- Fiction.
Vintners -- France -- Fiction.
Wine and wine making -- France -- Fiction.
Wine tasting -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- France -- Fiction.
Serial murderers -- Fiction.
Sabotage -- Fiction.
Theft -- Fiction.
Bordeaux Region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- France -- Fiction.
Vintners -- France -- Fiction.
Wine and wine making -- France -- Fiction.
Wine tasting -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- France -- Fiction.
Serial murderers -- Fiction.
Sabotage -- Fiction.
Theft -- Fiction.
Bordeaux Region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781939474568
Publication date from publisher website.
"First published in France as Mission à Haut-Brion, Pour qui sonne l'angélus, Cauchemar dans les Côtes-de-Nuit by Librairie Anthème Fayard 2004"--Title page verso.
"Two amateur sleuths gumshoe around French wine country, where money, deceit, jealousy, inheritance and greed are all the ingredients needed for crime. Master winemaker Benjamin Cooker and his sidekick Virgile Lanssien solve mysteries in vineyards with a dose of Epicurean enjoyment of fine food and beverage. Each story is a homage to wine and winemakers, as well as a mystery."--Page 4 of cover.
"The winemaker detective series"--Cover.
Translated from the French.
"First published in France as Mission à Haut-Brion, Pour qui sonne l'angélus, Cauchemar dans les Côtes-de-Nuit by Librairie Anthème Fayard 2004"--Title page verso.
"Two amateur sleuths gumshoe around French wine country, where money, deceit, jealousy, inheritance and greed are all the ingredients needed for crime. Master winemaker Benjamin Cooker and his sidekick Virgile Lanssien solve mysteries in vineyards with a dose of Epicurean enjoyment of fine food and beverage. Each story is a homage to wine and winemakers, as well as a mystery."--Page 4 of cover.
"The winemaker detective series"--Cover.
Translated from the French.