Bibliograph

The secrets of the Bastide Blanche, M.L. Longworth

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The secrets of the Bastide Blanche, M.L. Longworth

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The secrets of the Bastide Blanche

Oclc number

1198976496

Responsibility statement

M.L. Longworth

Series statement

A Proven©ʹale mystery

Summary

"One hot summer night, Aix-en-Provence is aflutter with news that controversial author Val©·re Barbier, who once shared dinners with French presidents and all-night drinking bouts with rock stars, has moved into La Bastide Blanche, a grand house left empty for decades. But Val©·re's ideas of a peaceful retirement are quickly dashed. Rambunctious neighborhood children, a fast-talking gossip of a housekeeper, and a rival novelist filter through the home at all hours of the day -- and by night there are unseen visitors with more sinister intentions. While Antoine Verlaque investigates Val©·re's sordid history, his wife and partner, Marine Bonnet, questions why the estate was abandoned in the first place -- and what they both find raises more questions than answers. Is Val©·re imagining the ethereal cries that fill the bastide at night? Is he losing his mind? Or have these ghosts returned from Val©·re's checkered past to haunt him?"--, Provided by publisher

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