Death and Fromage
The most hilarious murder mystery since Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club
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4.3 • 21 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the Vallée de Follet. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that’s the way he likes it.
Until scandal erupts in the nearby town of Saint-Sauver when its famous restaurant is downgraded from three ‘Michelin’ stars to two. The restaurant is shamed, the town is in shock and the leading goat’s cheese supplier drowns himself in one of his own pasteurisation tanks. Or does he?
Valérie d’Orçay, who staying at the B&B while house-hunting in the area, isn’t convinced that it’s a suicide. Despite his misgivings, Richard is drawn into Valérie’s investigation, and finds himself becoming a major player.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Comedian Moore follows up Death and Croissants with another witty cozy featuring hapless former film professor Richard Ainsworth, who now operates a bed and breakfast in France's sleepy Vallée de Follet, and his daring amateur investigator friend, Madame Valérie d'Orçay. At the outset, Richard and Valérie take a trip to a local Michelin-starred restaurant as guests of a lauded food critic. Dissatisfied with the meal, the critic revokes one of the restaurant's stars, leading to local scandal and the suspicious suicide of the restaurant's main supplier of goat cheese. Valérie smells a rat, and she once again ropes Richard into her unsolicited investigation. Suspects include two ego-swollen chefs and a local cheesemaker who is trying to enlarge his market share by producing vegan goat cheese. Added to the mix is the sudden appearance of Richard's estranged wife, who has come to France to haul her wayward husband back home to England. The pacing is brisk, the jokes are plentiful, and the mystery is complex enough to satisfy diehard whodunit fans. It's a generous helping of good fun, with authentic Gallic flavor.
