DEATH IN LE JARDIN (PB)

Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about. But crisis hits Richard Ainsworth’s posh B&B when redoubtable housekeeper, Madame Tablier, is accused of murdering her former fiance turned brother-in-law – an accusation she refuses to deny. Valerie d'Orçay is having none of it. In a strange tourist garden village, backbiting, recriminations and even colleagues provide a deadly scenario more tangled than knotweed.