Death In Le Jardin

On the surface, Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-agednavel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural lifein France should be about. Then crisis hits his posh B&B when redoubtablehousekeeper, Madame Tablier, is accused of murder. Even more surprisingly,it's the murder of a former fiance, turned brother-in-law. None of which thestubborn old woman denies. Valerie d'Orcay is having none of it and theirinvestigation leads them to a strange tourist garden village, wherebackbiting, recriminations and even former colleagues provide a deadlyscenario more tangled than knotweed.