Blogs in December 2024

Love’s Knife 3rd December 2024

(Trobairitz Sleuth Book 1) 1093. The music of murder. Beatriz de Farrera is a trobairitz (a female troubadour) at the court of Toulouse. She sings of love but intends to evade marriage and romantic entanglements. Her patron, Lady Philippa,...

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The Burning Chambers 5th September 2018

Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse’s The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyalties . . . Carcassonne 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives...

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The Red Brick Haze 21st February 2017

Short prequel to The Red Brick Cellars No Good Deed Goes Unpunished When an explosion lays waste to part of the city of Toulouse and the citizens attempt to recover in the ravaged cityscape, Louis runs to the aid...

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The Red Brick Cellars: A Tolosa Mystery 14th May 2016

A murdered mayor. A second body reduced to skeleton and dust. The public display so horrific that the police are baffled. Everyone assumes uninterested heir Louis Saint-Blancat will finally settle down and focus on the politics of Toulouse, France....

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Everything Love Is 20th January 2016

Baptiste Molino has devoted his life to other people’s happiness. Moored on his beloved houseboat on the edge of Toulouse, he helps his clients navigate the waters of contentment, whilst remaining careful never to make waves of his own....

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