Murder and the Missing Dog - (Château in Burgundy Mystery) by Susan Shea

About the Book

"Ariel Shepard has spent the last year renovating her beautiful French chãateau, while also ingratiating herself into the lives and hearts of the quirky locals of Noyers-sur-Serein. The shocking business of the murder of the local historian is behind her and she is finally feeling at home. However, it's not long before murder and mystery once again seek Ariel out, when she and her friend Katherine find the body of the elderly Madame Toussaint in the doorway of Katherine's flea market shop. Who would want to harm this lonely soul? Where is the bag the woman never leaves home without? And more importantly, where is her loyal, loving dog who never leaves her side? Could Raoul, Ariel's stoic gardener, really have something to do with it? And could Madame Toussaint have been mixed up with the robberies increasing around the idyllic villages of France? Despite warnings from the rather handsome Brigadier Allard, Ariel, with help from Katherine and Pippa, once again dons her sleuthing hat . . ."--

Book Synopsis

"The quirky village residents make this an appealing series debut" Library Journal on Murder Visits a French Village

Ariel Shepard has spent the last year renovating her beautiful French ch�teau, while also ingratiating herself into the lives and hearts of the quirky locals of Noyers-sur-Serein. The shocking business of the murder of the local historian is behind her and she is finally feeling at home.

However, it's not long before murder and mystery once again seek Ariel out, when she and her friend Katherine find the body of the elderly Madame Toussaint in the doorway of Katherine's flea market shop.

Who would want to harm this lonely soul? Where is the bag the woman never leaves home without? And more importantly, where is her loyal, loving dog who never leaves her side? Could Raoul, Ariel's stoic gardener, really have something to do with it? And could Madame Toussaint have been mixed up with the robberies increasing around the idyllic villages of France?

Despite warnings from the rather handsome Brigadier Allard, Ariel, with help from Katherine and Pippa, once again dons her sleuthing hat . . .

Review Quotes

"All the charms of
adjusting to life in a little French town with plenty of minor and major
mysteries to solve" Kirkus Reviews

"The lovingly described
setting, well-delineated characters, [and] plot twists . . . contribute to this
satisfying, leisurely paced cozy" Booklist

"Ariel is a sympathetic amateur
sleuth . . . and the mystery is nicely framed by a view of expat life in France
and the details of restoring a chateau" Booklist on
Murder Visits a French Village

"The quirky village
residents make this an appealing series debut" Library
Journal on Murder Visits a French Village

"A comedy of errors full of amusing characters, a fine feeling for
life in small-town France, and a suitably twisty mystery"
Kirkus Reviews on Dressed for Death in Burgundy

"Francophiles will look forward to
Katherine's next adventure in Burgundy" Publishers Weekly on Dressed
for Death in Burgundy

"A Miss
Marple-like investigation . . . immerses the reader in the life of an American
woman trying to fit into an insular French village" Booklist
on Love and Death in Burgundy

"Susan C. Shea's novel set in the French
countryside offers a pleasant getaway from hard-core killers" New
York Times on Love and Death in Burgundy

"The outlandish antics of the eccentric
locals add to the humor. Suggest to fans of Rhys Bowen's early "Evan
Evans" series for the humor, the characters, and the charming setting"
Library Journal on Love and Death in Burgundy

"Not since my first visit to Louise Penny's Three Pines, have I encountered a more beguiling fictional world than
Susan C. Shea's Reigny-Sur-Cannes . . . Dressed for Death in Burgundy is a box of delights!" Catriona
McPherson, award-winning author on Dressed for Death in
Burgundy

About the Author

Susan C. Shea spent more than two decades as a non-profit executive before beginning her first critically praised mystery series in 2010, featuring a professional fundraiser for an art museum. In 2017, she debuted a new mystery series set in France, for St. Martin's Minotaur Books. She's a regular on 7 Criminal Minds blog and is a past secretary of the national Sisters in Crime board and is a past board member of the Northern California chapters of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.

She lives in Marin County, California, where two cats pretty much rule the house!