A review by exurbanis
Cognac Conspiracies by Jean-Pierre Alaux
3.0
(Fiction, Mystery, French, Translated [by Sally Pane], Series)
This is the fifth installment in the Winemaker Detective series featuring (fictional) renowned wine expert Benjamin Cooker, set in France. The heirs to one of the oldest Cognac estates in France call in Cooker when they face a hostile takeover by foreign investors.
There is a passable mystery, but the appeal of the series is the wine and the setting, and would be particularly interesting to oenophiles, or Francophiles with an interest in wine-making.
I suspect that each entry in this series stands well alone.
I received a complimentary ecopy of Cognac Conspiracies from the publisher. This did not affect my review.
3 stars
This is the fifth installment in the Winemaker Detective series featuring (fictional) renowned wine expert Benjamin Cooker, set in France. The heirs to one of the oldest Cognac estates in France call in Cooker when they face a hostile takeover by foreign investors.
There is a passable mystery, but the appeal of the series is the wine and the setting, and would be particularly interesting to oenophiles, or Francophiles with an interest in wine-making.
I suspect that each entry in this series stands well alone.
I received a complimentary ecopy of Cognac Conspiracies from the publisher. This did not affect my review.
3 stars