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Jean-Pierre Alaux; Noel Balen
Full Series List in Order
Winemaker Detective
1 - Treachery in Bordeaux (Jun-2014)2 - Grand Cru Heist (Jun-2014)
3 - Nightmare in Burgundy (Aug-2014)
4 - Deadly Tasting (Oct-2014)
5 - Cognac Conspiracies (Feb-2015)
6 - Mayhem in Margaux (May-2015)
7 - Flamba in Armagnac (Aug-2015)
8 - Backstabbing in Beaujolais (Nov-2015)
9 - Late Harvest Havoc (Dec-2015)
10 - Red-Handed in Romanee-Conti (Nov-2016)
11 - Tainted Tokay (Apr-2016)
12 - Champagne Widows (Jul-2018)
Book List in Order: 13 titles
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Grand Cru Heist
- Jun-2014
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In another Epicurean journey in France, renowned wine critic Benjamin Cooker’s world gets turned upside down one night in Paris. He retreats to the region around Tours to recover. There a flamboyant British dandy, a spectacular blue-eyed blond, a z...
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Treachery in Bordeaux
- Jun-2014
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In modern-day Bordeaux, there are few wine estates still within the city limits. The prestigious grand cru Moniales Haut-Brion is one of them. When some barrels turn, world-renowned winemaker turned gentleman detective Benjamin Cooker starts asking ...
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Nightmare in Burgundy
- Aug-2014
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The 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 into a troubling nightmare when he stumbles upon a m...
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Deadly Tasting
- Oct-2014
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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: twelve wine glasses lined up in a semi-circle with the first one...
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Cognac Conspiracies
- Feb-2015
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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 pa...
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Mayhem in Margaux
- May-2015
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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 assistant Virgile into a case w...
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Flamba in Armagnac
- Aug-2015
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In the heart of Gascony, a fire ravages the warehouse of one of Armagnac’s top estates, killing the master distiller. Wine expert Benjamin Cooker is called in to estimate the value of the losses. But Cooker and his assistant Virgile want to know mo...
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Backstabbing in Beaujolais
- Nov-2015
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A business magnate calls on wine expert Benjamin Cooker to kickstart his new wine business in Beaujolais, sparking bitter rivalries. Can the Winemaker Detective and his assistant keep calculating real estate agents, taciturn winegrowers, dubious wine...
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Late Harvest Havoc
- Dec-2015
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Winter is in the air in Alsace and local customs are sowing trouble, piquing the curiosity of the famous winemaker from Bordeaux, Benjamin Cooker. While the wine expert and his assistant Virgile settle into their hotel in the old city of Colmar, dist...
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Tainted Tokay
- Apr-2016
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In between sumptuous food and wine, the Winemaker Detective grapples with deceit and deception in Old World Europe. France’s top wine expert Benjamin Cooker sets off to enjoy the delights of Vienna, a romantic ride down the Danube, a gourmand’s v...
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Red-Handed in Romanee-Conti
- Nov-2016
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The “addictive” Winemaker Detective mystery series returns to Burgundy, France, where wine connoisseurs and amateur sleuths Benjamin Cooker and Virgile Lanssien sniff out wrongdoers during a hazardous harvest.
The perfect wine, the perfect har...
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Requiem in Yquem
- Sep-2017
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One of those rare breaks in the daily hubbub, offering a relaxing journey through French wine country peppered with reflexions on greed, remorse, and friendship.In the mist-covered hills of Sauternes, where the wine is luscious and the landscape begu...
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Champagne Widows
- Jul-2018
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Wine expert Benjamin Cooker and his assistant are called to Champagne to help newly widowed Alice de Mareuyls take over her husband's winery. The Winemaker Detective and his assistant Virgile get caught in a web of family ambition and battles, while ...