Death and Boules : the unputdownable new cosy murder mystery with a French twist

by Moore, Ian | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 19/03/2026 by Duckworth Books (Farrago) in the United Kingdom as part of the A Follet Valley Mystery series
Paperback | 336 pages
196 x 128 x 29mm | 306g

Saint-Sauver, home to Richard Ainsworth and Valérie d’Orçay’s detective agency, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its town twinning with Anglethorp Spa in Lincolnshire.

Events are planned, a huge brocante, street parties and the centrepiece, an exhibition boules tournament between the two towns and a team of international boules all-stars. Everything is going well, the sun shines, the wine flows and the entente is very cordiale.

Until the mayor turns up dead in an antique dresser having apparently been killed twice. Inevitably Richard and Valérie have very different views on the subject and engage in their own battle: who will solve the crime first?