Jean-Pierre Alaux
Author of Treachery in Bordeaux
About the Author
Jean-Pierre Alaux is a magazine, radio and television journalist. He writes The Winemaker Detective Series with Noël Balen. Some of the books in the series include Treachery in Bordeaux, Grand Cru Heist, Nightmare in Burgundy, and Deadly Tasting. He won the Antonin Carême prize for his cookbook show more La Truffe sur le Soufflé, which he wrote with the chef Alexis Pélissou. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Jean-Pierre Alaux
Coup de tonnerre dans les Corbières: Le sang de la vigne, tome 17 (Policier) (French Edition) (2007) 4 copies
Nuit d'ivresse en Castille: Le sang de la vigne, tome 18 (Policier) (French Edition) (2011) 4 copies
Une bouteille entre deux mers: Le sang de la vigne, tome 16 (Policier) (French Edition) (2007) 4 copies
On achève bien les tonneaux: Le sang de la vigne, tome 19 (Policier) (French Edition) (2012) 2 copies
Winemaker Detective Mysteries Box Set: Deadly Tasting, Cognac Conspiracies, Mayhem in Margaux (The Winemaker Detective… — Author — 1 copy
Desvendando Margaux 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1955-09-06
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Country (for map)
- France
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Statistics
- Works
- 41
- Members
- 524
- Popularity
- #47,450
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 139
- ISBNs
- 93
- Languages
- 4
Benjamin is not happy - he's been put on a diet by his wife - and it's the Cabbage Soup diet no less! (though the way it was described how Elizabeth cooked it - I was *so* prepared to at least try it once!). As usual there are few physical descriptions of the characters - I believe there is a TV tie in though I dont know which came first - apart from that Benjamin is in his 50s and overweight. He is under pressure at wok, with the amount of testing and tasting he and his company have to do - no mean feat when he's on a diet and not allowed to drink (much)!
This is a fast paced book, where several murders are being discovered every day, and before anyone knows it, 6 people are dead or have had their graves desecrated. Benjamin is pulled in because with each death 12 glasses are laid out at the scene with increasing amounts of wine poured out. Benjamin is asked to identify the wine in the hope that it can help lead to the killer. It’s a 1942 vintage, which leads to talking about a very difficult time in French history. Virgile is coming into his own, as it is one of his contacts that puts them on the right track regarding the local factions and splinter groups during the war.
As usual with murder mysteries, the prime suspect is found almost by accident, and it's only through digging further into the background, trying to find connections, that a discovery of betrayal, murder and the vagaries of war are found.
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