A Christmas Mystery in Provence

In Mary-Jane Deeb's second mystery novel, a cozy Christmas in Provence is interrupted by a most dastardly crime. When American heiress and sleuth Chrissy de Medici is invited to spend Christmas with her French "Grand-mhre," she expects to celebrate the season with the traditional foods and customs of Provence. She also plans to take back the reins of her struggling newspaper, Le Loup Garou, which is "in the red." What she does not anticipate are a corpse in the orchard, and the strange disappearance of a rare 15th-century illuminated prayer book which Grand-mhre, has brought to Grasse to help celebrate the 800th anniversary of Notre Dame des Fleurs Cathedral. Chrissy, her irrepressible Grand-mhre, and medieval manuscript expert Sister Felicity, visiting from Scholastica Abbey on Cape Cod, join forces to solve both mysteries.