Pauline
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Starting this thread and waiting for suggestions. Please post your favorites.
NOVELS
Lisette's List, by Susan Vreeland (author of The Girl in Hyacinth Blue). It's set in Roussillon, Provence, and like most of Vreeland's books, has a tie-in with artists of the area. Recommended by @Roz .
The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson. Set in the Belle Epoque, about a young Englishwoman in Paris to study art. Like the Vreeland, especially good if you are an art lover, since much of the story revolves around art and artists. Recommended by @Roz .
MYSTERIES
Bruno Chief of Police series, by Martin Walker, set in the Dordogne.The latest one is called The Children of War in the UK, where it has been published already, but The Children Return in the US edition. Recommended by @Roz and @Lindy .
Verlaque and Bonnet Provençal Mystery series by M. L. Longworth. "Murder on the Ile Sordou", the fourth in a series, is set on an imaginary island in the Mediterranean near Marseille. Entertaining for its sense of place, interesting characters, and mouth-watering descriptions of food. Recommended by @Roz and @Chris .
Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg series by Fred Vargas. Excellent and quirky, set in locations around France. She also has a Three Evangelists series - mysteries too. Recommended by @Pauline and @Chris and @Ann R (both Chris and Ann recommended these to me and I love these book!).
Note that Memoirs about living in France are in a separate thread.
NOVELS
Lisette's List, by Susan Vreeland (author of The Girl in Hyacinth Blue). It's set in Roussillon, Provence, and like most of Vreeland's books, has a tie-in with artists of the area. Recommended by @Roz .
The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson. Set in the Belle Epoque, about a young Englishwoman in Paris to study art. Like the Vreeland, especially good if you are an art lover, since much of the story revolves around art and artists. Recommended by @Roz .
MYSTERIES
Bruno Chief of Police series, by Martin Walker, set in the Dordogne.The latest one is called The Children of War in the UK, where it has been published already, but The Children Return in the US edition. Recommended by @Roz and @Lindy .
Verlaque and Bonnet Provençal Mystery series by M. L. Longworth. "Murder on the Ile Sordou", the fourth in a series, is set on an imaginary island in the Mediterranean near Marseille. Entertaining for its sense of place, interesting characters, and mouth-watering descriptions of food. Recommended by @Roz and @Chris .
Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg series by Fred Vargas. Excellent and quirky, set in locations around France. She also has a Three Evangelists series - mysteries too. Recommended by @Pauline and @Chris and @Ann R (both Chris and Ann recommended these to me and I love these book!).
Note that Memoirs about living in France are in a separate thread.
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