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Death and Croissants: The most hilarious murder mystery since Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (A Follet Valley Mystery Book 1) Paperback – 1 April 2022
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*DEATH AND FROMAGE (BOOK 2) IS OUT NOW*
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Book 1 in the bestselling murder mystery series, by leading TV/radio comedian Ian Moore! Perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Julia Chapman, or MC Beaton
'A joyous read'
ALAN CARR
'A very funny page-turner. Fantastique!'
ADAM KAY
'A writer of immense wit and charm'
PAUL SINHA
Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Valley. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that’s the way he likes it.
One day, however, one of his older guests disappears, leaving behind a bloody handprint on the wallpaper. Another guest, the enigmatic Valérie, persuades a reluctant Richard to join her in investigating the disappearance.
Then things become really serious and someone murders Ava Gardner, one of his beloved hens. The disappearance of a guest is one thing, but you don’t mess with a fellow’s hens!
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*MORE PRAISE FOR DEATH AND CROISSANTS / IAN MOORE*
'Beautifully done. Very funny indeed'
MILES JUPP
’This is hilarious and a great mystery too'
JANEY GODLEY
'Death and Croissants is a far funnier book than a story about a bloody murder has any right to be'
JOSH WIDDICOMBE
'A tricksy whodunnit, and a really, really funny story'
JASON MANFORD
'Good food and a laugh-out-loud mystery. What more could anyone want in these dark times?
MARK BILLINGHAM
'Like going on a joyous romp through the Loire valley with Agatha Christie, PG Woodhouse and MC Beaton. A delight'
C. K. MCDONNELL
'Death and Croissants is such a relentless rollercoaster ride of laughs and twists'
MATT FORDE
'Sharp, slick and surprising – like the author himself – Death and Croissants is the Loire Valley’s answer to Murder on the Orient Express'
CALLY BEATON
'Funny, pacy and very entertaining'
ROBIN INCE
'Ian is a master of wit on stage, and he has translated that to the page brilliantly. I loved this book'
ZOE LYONS
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFarrago
- Publication date1 April 2022
- Dimensions12.9 x 3.4 x 19.7 cm
- ISBN-101788424239
- ISBN-13978-1788424233
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'A joyous read!' ALAN CARR
'A writer of immense wit and charm.' PAUL SINHA
'A very funny page-turner. Fantastique!' ADAM KAY
'Ian is one of my favourite writers; this is hilarious and a great mystery too' JANEY GODLEY
'Good food and a laugh-out-loud mystery. What more could anyone want in these dark times' MARK BILLINGHAM
'Like going on a joyous romp through the Loire valley with Agatha Christie, PG Woodhouse and Mc Beaton. A delight.' C. K. MCDONNELL
'Ian Moore is a brilliant, funny writer who perfectly captures the foibles of rural France but judging by this book I will never be visiting his bed and breakfast’ JOSH WIDDICOMBE
'Beautifully done. Very funny indeed. I can’t imagine how one plots something like that. Tremendous work' MILES JUPP
'I'm so punchdrunk from the sheer entertainment of it I've got a sore jaw. Encore!' MATT FORDE
'This is like two great books in one, a tricksy whodunnit, and a really, really funny story' JASON MANFORD
'Such a brilliant read, smart, funny and his sharp writing captures the nuances of “Anglo-French” relations beautifully' ZOE LYONS
'This book is a fun and funny read and I’m very much looking forward to the next one' IAN STONE
'Funny, pacey and very entertaining.' ROBIN INCE
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- Publisher : Farrago (1 April 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1788424239
- ISBN-13 : 978-1788424233
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 3.4 x 19.7 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 3 in French Food & Drink
- 14 in Lawyers & Criminals Humour
- 34 in Rural Life Humour
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About the author

Best-Selling author Ian Moore is also a stand-up comedian and conference host in the UK, and husband, father of three boys, farmhand, chutney-maker and Basil Fawlty impersonator in France. Since doing less stand-up, he's stopped taking himself so seriously.
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It is poorly written and quite frankly an insult to intelligence of the reader. Certainly not one for amazon to recommend.
I'd say that the second half of the book is 4* but the first half 2* so on average 3*. The first half drags and I almost gave up. About half way through things accelerated a little both in terms of laughs and mystery. While the grammar - both French and English - is good, the book needs some serious editing to make things happen more quickly. I felt the first half was padded to hit some target word count. Too many extraneous plot items, for example the maybe-soon-to-be-ex wife, although her arrival was one of the funnier moments in the book. I would have preferred him to be recently divorced which would have enabled the funny moments with his daughter but cut lots of tedious self flagelation that took up too many words. Those words would have been better budgetted for the ending of the case which was all rather deus ex machina and sudden. I did like the very end though.
Can't help feeling that the the Femme Fatale character was rather too much wishful thinking, although it was positive that she seems to be about the same age as the main character rather than someone much too young.
Having lived in a French village I can say that the author has managed to capture the atmosphere correctly despite the faint echos of "A Year (in which nothing interesting happens) in Provence" to which another review refers. Having lived in Provence (not the Loire) more happened in one of my weekends than in the entire of that tedious work.
The plot centres on British B&B owner Richard. A film historian, whose anger at IMDB’s existence, is quelled by the simple life he leads in the Loire Valley running his business and watching classic movies.
Things are soon thrown into disarray when a guest goes missing, one of his chickens is killed and a mystery woman comes into his life.
Moore balances the plot with equal doses of charm, wit and intrigue as genuine surprises are mixed with laugh out loud lines.
It’s one of those reads that leave you gutted it’s finished but grateful it’s billing as ‘A Follet Valley Mystery’ implies there’s more to come.

By Aidan Goatley on 31 July 2021
The plot centres on British B&B owner Richard. A film historian, whose anger at IMDB’s existence, is quelled by the simple life he leads in the Loire Valley running his business and watching classic movies.
Things are soon thrown into disarray when a guest goes missing, one of his chickens is killed and a mystery woman comes into his life.
Moore balances the plot with equal doses of charm, wit and intrigue as genuine surprises are mixed with laugh out loud lines.
It’s one of those reads that leave you gutted it’s finished but grateful it’s billing as ‘A Follet Valley Mystery’ implies there’s more to come.

The characters are vivid and entertaining, and it's pacy. What's not to like!?