Homicide Herault

Veteran trekker Hardy Durkin leads his first bike tour group to Béziers in the South of France, during its annual grand Feria, for what is expected to be relaxing, uneventful bicycling in the Hérault region (think Canal du Midi).  This notion is kicked to the curb when a double cold-case with present-day repercussions is discovered on one of the group's outings.  Hardy becomes embroiled in another homicide when he is present at a murder that takes place during an innocent flamenco performance that is anything but. 

The bottom line:  murder and intrigue follow Hardy Durkin like a shadow, even in the sunny, laid-back South of France, but this time his wheel of fortune veers uncomfortably off the rails in Homicide Hérault.