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Recommended mystery books (2)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into mystery here are some mystery books from France for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Fresh Water for Flowers

Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE PICK A POIGNANT RUNAWAY BESTSELLER full of French charm and memorable characters, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valérie Perrin's English debut. Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues--gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest--visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arriv... continue
Recommended: 31 Mar 2023

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The Mystery of the Yellow Room

The Mystery of the Yellow Room : Extraordinary Adventures of Joseph Rouletabille, Reporter by Gaston Leroux EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
How could a crime take place in a locked room which shows no sign of being entered? Leroux's landmark tale of foul play and deception remains a blueprint for the detective novel genre.
Recommended: 19 Mar 2023


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