Dressed for Death in Burgundy
A French Village Mystery
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
"Not since my first visit to Louise Penny's Three Pines, have I encountered a more beguiling fictional world than Susan Shea's Reigny-Sur-Cannes. With an engaging cast, the rare realistic depiction of a good, modern marriage, a sideways look at a budding mystery-writer, and a real head-scratcher of a murder plot, Dressed for Death in Burgundy is a box of delights!" -Catriona McPherson, award-winning author of the Dandy Gilver series
After finding herself mixed up in a murder investigation the previous Summer, Katherine Goff’s life simply has not been the same. Her husband has been in the US recording a new album, the Burgundy region locals are finally starting to see her as a real neighbor, and Katherine has even started helping out with “tourist” excursions. It seems she’s finally found her place in the small community of Reigny-sur-Canne.
But when Katherine stumbles across a body in the local museum during a tour, she finds herself caught up once again in a whirlwind of gossip and speculation. When the police zero in on her friend Pippa as a suspect, Pippa and Katherine team up to find the real killer and clear her name.
However, the more clues they discover, the more the real killer wants them off the trail. When Katherine and Pippa start receiving threats, they must decide what they are more afraid of—the police getting it wrong, or possibly becoming the killer’s next targets.
Find out what happens next in the second installment in the French countryside murder mystery series The New York Times calls “a pleasant getaway.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Shea's unhurried sequel to 2017's Love and Death in Burgundy finds artist Katherine Goff, an American expat, shuttling a group of American tourists around the French village of Reigny-sur-Canne. When the group stops at Ch teau de Bellegarde, Katherine says she'll act as translator for elderly Madame Roussel, who curates the ch teau's museum. Inside the museum, they discover a horrible tableau: a display mannequin has been replaced by the posed, costumed, very dead body of the butcher's wife. Madame Roussel is overcome; Katherine is dismayed. But Katherine's British friend, Pippa Hathaway, who fancies herself a mystery writer, sees this as an opportunity to do some amateur sleuthing. Since this is a cozy, Katherine and Pippa stumble and bumble their way into danger as they attempt to solve a crime that feels less consequential to the story than descriptions of the scenic village and its quirky denizens. Nonetheless, Francophiles will look forward to Katherine's next adventure in Burgundy.
