I liked the start of this new series. I reviewed it here. Although I’m in no way a fan of the food discussions, mostly because I’m a vegetarian myself, it will definitely be engaging to those vaguely interested in French cuisine.
In the last story, our leading lady was almost killed by the culprit, but she has not really learned her lesson. When she’s invited to watch a food demonstration that then goes wrong, she starts to ask questions no one is making her.
Poisoned wine is making its rounds and Tabitha needs to get to the bottom of it because the killer made it personal. There’s exploration of the post war sentiment in the book, it shows how the average public must have worked to get the feeling of normalcy back into the city of Paris. Amidst those sentiments, there are market stall holders who seem to be getting vandalized. The two stories may or may not be linked.
I liked the investigation itself. It was very methodical and straightforward. I guessed the killer just a little before it struck Tabitha herself.
I’m actually liking the tone and the protagonist in this series as compared to the other one that I’m reading by the author with a fictionalised version of Agatha Christie’s life
I would recommend this book to fans of the historical mystery genre.
I received an ARC thanks to Netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely based on my own reading experience.
