Cozy mysteries are my favorite genre, and I especially like those set in foreign locales, but for some reason this one sort of dragged for me. Although set in the Loire Valley of France, it didn’t feel very French to me, perhaps given the protagonist and MMC is British, but he is supposedly fluent in French and owns and runs a B&B in France. I also found that there weren’t nearly enough croissants in this storyline to elevate them to a place in the title, LOL!
The Amazon blurb hints that this 4-book series is “unputdownable” for fans of Richard Osman and goes on to say that it’s Richard Osman meets Sherlock Holmes. I didn’t quite get that at all. Will I read #2? Sure, and perhaps #2 will move a bit more “rapidement.”
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo 
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