{"product_id":"the-baguette-murders-an-absolutely-gripping-cozy-murder-mystery-paperback","title":"The Baguette Murders: an absolutely gripping cozy murder mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Penketh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Pippa. She's feisty, forty-something - and living her best life in the charming little town of Louennec, Brittany.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot so long ago, she was a corporate career girl. Now she runs her own bakery - and goes home every night to her dishy \u003cem\u003egendarme\u003c\/em\u003e boyfriend and a glass of Merlot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut murder is just around the corner . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePippa is out on her rounds, delivering delicious crusty bread to her most loyal customers. Her first stop is Derek's remote g?te. Fitness instructor Derek sees carbs as \u003cem\u003ethe enemy\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Ross's atmospheric mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEET OUR AMATEUR SLEUTHS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePippa\u003c\/strong\u003e is reinventing herself as a baker after leaving her old life as a City banker behind. She was delighted to meet fellow Brit Jennifer on the stalls at the weekly market. She lives next door to a friendly \u003cem\u003egendarme\u003c\/em\u003e who inadvertently provides helpful tidbits for Pippa and Jennifer's investigations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer\u003c\/strong\u003e and her family moved to France when she'd finally had enough of the rat race. With her husband, Jonathan, she took on a smallholding in the idyllic Brittany countryside - complete with chickens and rabbits and sheep. 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