Murder in the Bistro: A French Countryside Village Best Friend and Kidnapping Mystery (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 9)

Name: Murder in the Bistro: A French Countryside Village Best Friend and Kidnapping Mystery (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series Book 9)
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Rating: 4.4 (1835 reviews)
Author: Susan Kiernan-Lewis

by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Contemporary Fiction Mystery Thriller

4.4 (1,835)

4.4 stars from 1,835 reviews. Top 82% of Contemporary Fiction books we track.

430 pages~7.2 hr readPublished by CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished 2016-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love cosy mysteries with actual stakes and village politics that feel real, not just backdrop dressing.
You're drawn to amateur sleuths who stumble into investigations through circumstance rather than training or obsession.
You want a book where the found cat might actually matter to the plot, and the friendships between characters are as engaging as the whodunnit.

Maybe not for you if...

You need high octane pacing and plot twists every few chapters. This one unfolds at a village rhythm.
You're looking for a standalone. Book 9 in a series means you'll want the full context of Maggie's life and relationships.
You prefer protagonists who are professionally trained investigators rather than civilians who stumble into murder.

About this book

Maggie Newberry returns to the village of St-Buvard in Provence, where she discovers a cat in a flour barrel at a new bistro and a dead American chef in the meat freezer. She must determine if the two incidents are connected. Maggie faces escalating village politics, her best friend staying on her living room couch with a teenager, and growing unrest over the American-owned bistro. When the chef is found dead, Maggie works to identify the killer before another American death occurs in the village. This is the ninth book in The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series. It is a clean read with no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. The story is a light culinary cozy mystery featuring a women amateur sleuth and a dog.

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