Wine expert Benjamin Cooker travels to the French capital, where he is called to help care for some vineyards in Montmartre, a neighborhood full of memories for him. He stops in on an old friend. Arthur Solacroup left the Foreign Legion to open a...
After Treachery in Bordeaux, and Grand Cru Heist, our Winemaker Detective leaves his native Bordeaux to go to Burgundy for a dream wine tasting trip to France's other key wine-making region. Between Beaune, Dijon and Nuits-Saint-Georges, it turns...
A Perfect Blend of Mystery & Gastronomy
A journey through French countryside with gourmet attitude and wine-loving amateur sleuths. A French-style cozy culinary mystery series
One winter day in Paris, renowned wine critic Benjamin Cooker's world...
When wine tasting turns to murder...
A serial killer is on the loose in Bordeaux. A local chief detective calls wine expert Benjamin Cooker to the crime scene of a brutal murder. The killer has left a strange calling card: 12 wine glasses lined up...
Disaster strikes the vineyards in Alsace. Vintners are tense and old grudges surface. The Winemaker Detective's reputation is on the line as he must find the cause before the late harvest starts.
Winter is in the air in Alsace and local customs are...
"A terrific new series." - William Martin
This first book was published in February 2012 as Mission Pessac. Benjamin Cooker is a renowned winemaker and critic turned gentleman detective who sets out to find who is trying to take down the prestigious...
Vintage rivalries make a "perfect mystery to read with a glass of vino in hand".
The Winemaker Detective goes to Beaujolais in a French-style cozy mystery for lovers of food and drink, amateur sleuth stories, or anything set in France.
A business...
Fine wines, dirty secrets. It's summer in Bordeaux. There's a heat wave, the vineyards are suffering, vintners are on edge, and wine expert Benjamin Cooker's daughter is visiting. A tragic car accident draws the winemaker detective and his...
The heirs to one of the oldest Cognac estates in France face a hostile takeover by foreign investors. Renowned wine expert Benjamin Cooker is called in to audit the books. In what he thought was a sleepy provincial town, he is stonewalled, crosses...
"A terrific series." - New York Times bestseller William Martin
The gold standard in mysteries that dovetail travel, cuisine, and wine.
In between enjoying sumptuous food and wine, the Winemaker Detective grapples with deceit and deception in Old...