From the bestselling author of Death and Croissants comes a murder mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman Julia Chapman or MC BeatonOn the surface Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about.Then crisis hits his posh B&B when redoubtable housekeeper Madame Tablier is accused of murder. Even more surprisingly it's the murder of a former fiancé turned brother-in-law. None of which the stubborn old woman denies.Valérie d'Orçay is having none of it and their investigation leads them to a strange tourist garden village where backbiting recriminations and even former colleagues provide a deadly scenario more tangled than knotweed.