The French For Murder by Verity Bright
A grand villa, croissants for breakfast and a dead body in the wine cellar… Lady Swift can’t seem to take a vacation from murder!
Summer 1923. Lady Eleanor Swift is finally persuaded by her butler, Clifford, to take a villa in the south of France for the season. She plans to do what a glamorous lady abroad should: long lunches on the balcony followed by lazy afternoons lounging by the pool. Even Gladstone the bulldog is looking forward to a daily paddle in the ocean.
But when Clifford examines the wine cellar, he discovers there are no decent reds but there is a very dead body. The victim is famous American movie star Rex Armstrong. Poor Rex seems to have been stabbed with a sword from the film set. So how did he end up in Eleanor’s villa?
Before Eleanor even has time to change out of her travelling suit, her beloved butler is arrested for the crime. At sea without her right-hand man, Eleanor must gather her wits if she’s to outsmart a murderer and save Clifford.
Attending a glitzy party at the luxurious Hotel Azure with the film’s cast and crew so she can question her main suspects, Eleanor overhears the director having a most unsettling telephone call that throws all her theories out of the water. Can Eleanor unmask the true killer before her time abroad is cut murderously short?
A gripping historical murder mystery full of charm and intrigue, set in the beautiful French Riviera. Fans of Agatha Christie, T E Kinsey and Lee Strauss will adore The French for Murder.
About the author
Verity Bright is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing partnership that has spanned a quarter of a century. Starting out writing high-end travel articles and books, they published everything from self-improvement to humour, before embarking on their first historical mystery. They are the authors of the fabulous Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series, set in the 1920s.
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Review
‘The French For Murder’ is a tightly plotted, fun novel set on the French Riviera that has everything I love from this series. By now I think it is clear that I adore the Lady Swift books and this one might be my favourite! Who couldn't love it when it involves the french sun, Hollywood and murders most foul?!
Eleanor has been told that she needs a holiday so Clifford marches her and the staff to a villa on the south coast of France pronto. But before she has even unpacked Clifford finds a body in the cellar and is thrown into jail! Eleanor jumps to his defence and starts to investigate the murder on behalf of the local Mayor in return for Clifford being released! Unfortunately, the man who died was a huge Hollywood star and this drags our heroes into the world of Tinseltown! Will they find the murderer before it so late?
Oh, how I love Eleanor Swift and secretly wish I had been born in her lifetime! She has all the attributes of a brilliant protagonist - intelligence, loyalty, has a good sense of humour, elegant without trying, everyone loves her, loves a good mystery, wears her heart on her sleeve and she is a dog person! Clifford of course is just the perfect butler and sidekick! For me, this series is just perfection.
Let me know if you read this one!
