Regions of France РThe Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:28:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Regions of France РThe Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Death and Boules https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/death-and-boules/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=48884 Richard's adopted French home town is in the middle of a huge celebration, when the local mayor turns up dead - having apparently been killed twice. Richard and Val̩rie enter into a race to solve the crime first.

]]> Saint-Sauver, home to Richard Ainsworth and Valérie d’Orçay’s detective agency, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its town twinning with Anglethorp Spa in Lincolnshire.

Events are planned, a huge brocante, street parties and the centrepiece, an exhibition boules tournament between the two towns and a team of international boules all-stars. Everything is going well, the sun shines, the wine flows and the entente is very cordiale.

Until the mayor turns up dead in an antique dresser having apparently been killed twice. Inevitably Richard and Valérie have very different views on the subject and engage in their own battle: who will solve the crime first?

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