02350cam a2200349 i 4500 1846691342 TxAuBib 20240102120000.0 200831s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020945276 9781643587783 hardcover; large print 1643587781 hardcover; large print MiCom MiCom TLC rda TxAuBib rda Longworth, M. L., 1963-, Author, (Mary Lou.) The secrets of Bastide Blanche [Large Print] / M. L. Longworth. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike : Center Point Large Print, 2020. 383 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Provençal mystery, A ; 7 Large print edition. "When a scandalous author moves to the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence, Verlaque and Bonnet are called in to investigate whether he's haunted by more than just his past, in this delightful new mystery from M. L. Longworth. One hot summer night, Aix-en-Provence is aflutter with news that controversial author Valere Barbier, who once shared dinners with French presidents and all-night drinking bouts with rock stars, has moved into La Bastide Blanche, a grand house left empty for decades. But Valere's ideas of a peaceful retirement are quickly dashed. Rambunctious neighborhood children, a fast-talking gossip of a housekeeper, and a rival novelist filter through the home at all hours of the day--and by night there are unseen visitors with more sinister intentions. While Antoine Verlaque investigates Valere's sordid history, his wife and partner, Marine Bonnet, questions why the estate was abandoned in the first place--and what they both find raises more questions than answers. Is Valere imagining the ethereal cries that fill the bastide at night? Is he losing his mind? Or have these ghosts returned from Valere's checkered past to haunt him?"--. Provided by publisher. 20240102. Judges France Fiction. Women law teachers Fiction. Cozy mysteries. Large type books. Mystery fiction. A Provençal mystery ; 7.