Death and Croissants (Ian Moore)

Richard is a middle aged Englishman who leads a relatively quiet life, running a B&B in the French countryside. But, the disappearance of one of his guests and of a bloody handprint brings havoc into his quiet life. The beautiful Valerie, one of his guests, drags him into an eventful and surprising search. While I would not say more about the story for fear of revealing too much, I can say that I really enjoyed the book. It is a good mystery, written with lots of humour (of course making a little bit of fun of the French countryside life in the process) and it made me chuckle often. The plot is not complicated but nicely done and I found the whole set of characters really interesting and colourful. I switched between the book and the audiobook, which gave me the added enjoyment of listening to the story read by the author himself. A good, fun and light mystery read.