This week, we’re giving away three copies of Murder Most Delicious by Danielle Postel-Vinay. American sommelier Olivia Beech travels to Paris for a dream job interview with celebrity chef Jacques de Bizet, only to become the prime suspect when he's poisoned before her eyes. Teaming up with agoraphobic detective Augusta Dupin and an eccentric circle of neighborhood sleuths, Olivia must use her extraordinary sense of smell to solve the murder and clear her name in this cozy mystery brimming with French food, friendship, and intrigue. Here’s the blurb:
In Paris, murder is a dish best served with chocolate eclairs.
‘A delectably fun murder mystery set against the sumptuous backdrop of Paris' Nita Prose, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid series
Starting over in Paris was supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime for American sommelier Olivia Beech – until her dream job ends in murder.
Once a rising star in the wine world, Olivia was one of a handful of women in the world to hold the distinction of being a Master Sommelier before COVID stole her sense of taste – and her career. Adrift and depressed, she gets a second chance when beloved celebrity chef Jacques de Bizet invites her to Paris for a job interview. But as the interview begins, he collapses, poisoned, making Olivia the prime suspect.
Olivia is in trouble, but she has an advantage: her extraordinary nose is still sharp enough to detect the subtlest of scents, including the poison that killed Jacques. Olivia knows she's innocent, but how can she prove it?
Enter the Paris Neighborhood Watch, an eccentric circle of locals determined to protect their quartier. At the helm is the mysterious Augusta Dupin, a brilliant but agoraphobic detective, aided by her intuitive British shorthair cat, Chateaubriand. Olivia and Augusta join forces with a group of neighborhood amateur sleuths – a pâtissier, a cafe owner, a part-time librarian, a florist and a kind-hearted cop who may be falling for Olivia – to solve the crime, a search that helps them find not only the killer but fresh purpose in their lives.
Warm, witty, and brimming with food, friendship, and intrigue, Murder Most Delicious transports you to a cozy Parisian neighborhood where the comforts of French daily life soothe the soul even in the darkest times.
If you’d like to win a copy, simply enter your details in the form below. Three lucky people will win a copy!
Entries close midday (Syd/Melb time) Monday 20 July 2026. Winners will be notified within a week of the competition closing.
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