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A review by kikiandarrowsfishshelf
Mayhem in Margaux by Sally Pane, Noël Balen, Jean-Pierre Alaux
3.0
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley.
This installment finds everyone’s favorite wine taster, Benjamin facing a family crisis. It’s a cozy mystery, so one can pretty much figure out how that ends before even opening the book.
However, the charm of this series rests not on the mystery but on the Cooker family and the scenery where the series takes place. This series is something that you enjoy not because it is on the level of Ruth Rendell, but because it is a pleasant hour that concerns wine and food, with a little mystery thrown in for good measure.
As a plus to this, the Cooker family is believable family in the sense that the family is clearly a close one without being too over repetitive in saying it is one. In other words, the Cooker family is a happy family in a way that does not defy belief. It is fun spending time with them, and they are the type of family that you might want to stay with will visiting France.
Virgile too is here as well, and while the trajectory of his story is some too cliché in this story, it really does not take away from the pleasant enjoyment that this series brings.
This installment finds everyone’s favorite wine taster, Benjamin facing a family crisis. It’s a cozy mystery, so one can pretty much figure out how that ends before even opening the book.
However, the charm of this series rests not on the mystery but on the Cooker family and the scenery where the series takes place. This series is something that you enjoy not because it is on the level of Ruth Rendell, but because it is a pleasant hour that concerns wine and food, with a little mystery thrown in for good measure.
As a plus to this, the Cooker family is believable family in the sense that the family is clearly a close one without being too over repetitive in saying it is one. In other words, the Cooker family is a happy family in a way that does not defy belief. It is fun spending time with them, and they are the type of family that you might want to stay with will visiting France.
Virgile too is here as well, and while the trajectory of his story is some too cliché in this story, it really does not take away from the pleasant enjoyment that this series brings.