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One hot summer night, Aix-en-Provence is aflutter with news that controversial author Valere Barbier, who once shared dinners with French presidents and all-night drinking bouts with rock stars, has moved into La Bastide Blanche, a grand house left empty for decades. But Valere's ideas of a peaceful retirement are quickly dashed. Rambunctious neighborhood children, a fast-talking gossip of a housekeeper, and a rival novelist filter through the home at all hours of the day - and by night there are unseen visitors with more sinister intentions.

When Jean-Marc Sauvet, successful lawyer and the best friend of Aix-en-Provence's examining magistrate Antoine Verlaque, accepted a small role in a local theater's summer production of Marcel Pagnol's Cigalon, he had no idea that the lead actress would be played by the great Liliane Poncet. But Jean-Marc's excitement about rubbing elbows with one of France's legendary film stars is quickly extinguished.

When the director, Monsieur Achille Formentin, walks in one beautiful April morning, he is shocked to find the whole museum emptied of its contents - only a bench, the reception desk, and a lowly fern remain. Distressed, he calls the local police, and Aix's examining magistrate Antoine Verlaque sets out to discover the thief's identity. But it's the most baffling case Verlaque has ever encountered. Why would someone want to steal porcelain dessert plates, some old documents, and a few small paintings?

A friend in his cigar club asks Antoine Verlaque to visit Rene Rouquet, a retired postal worker who has found a rolled-up canvas in his apartment. As the apartment once belonged to Paul Cezanne, Rouquet is convinced he's discovered a treasure. But when Antoine arrives at the apartment, he finds Rene dead, the canvas missing, and a mysterious art history professor standing over the body. When the painting is finally recovered, the mystery only deepens.

When Dr. Georges Moutte is found murdered, investigator Antoine Verlaque is stumped. Certainly the director of theology at the Universite d'Aix had his enemies. Moutte was just about to name the recipient of an elite fellowship as well as his own successor - a highly coveted position - when his lips were sealed permanently. But Verlaque isn't convinced anyone in the tiny community of academics is capable of murder.

Antoine Verlaque, examining magistrate for the beautiful town of Aix-en-Provence, doesn't like Christmas. The decorations appear in the shops far too early, festive tourists swarm the streets, and his beloved Cours Mirabeau is lined with chalets selling what he regards as tacky trinkets. But his wife and partner Marine Bonnet is determined to make this a Christmas they can both enjoy, beginning with the carol sing at the Cathedral Saint Sauveur, a beautiful service in a packed church. Just as the holiday cheer is in full swing, a man is poisoned, sending the community into a tailspin.

When local nobleman Étienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family château, it sets the historic town of Aix-en-Provence abuzz with rumors. The once-idyllic town suddenly seems filled with people who could have benefited from Bremont's death - including his playboy brother, François, who's heavily in debt and mixed up with some unsavory characters. But just as the list of suspects is being narrowed down, another death occurs. And this time, there can be no doubt - it's murder.

Chef Sigisbert "Bear" Valets has just opened his own restaurant, La Fontaine, in Aix-en-Provence. It's an immediate success - glowing reviews and a loyal clientele, including our favorite investigative duo, Verlaque and Bonnet. But when he decides to extend his restaurant's seating into a historic courtyard, some very powerful neighbors are against him. The local historical society wants the courtyard, which witnessed a 17th-century hanging and two World War II-era murders, to remain untouched.

Winery-owner Olivier Bonnard is devastated when he discovers a priceless cache of rare vintages has been stolen from his private cellar. Soon after, Monsieur Gilles d'Arras arrives to report another mysterious disappearance: His wife, Pauline, has vanished from their apartment. Madame has always been as tough as nails, but in recent weeks, she's been wandering around town in her slippers, crying for no reason. As the mistral arrives to temper the region's late-summer heat, Commissioner Paulik receives an urgent call from Bonnard: He's just found Pauline d'Arras - dead in his vineyard.

Hoteliers Maxime and Catherine Le Bon have spent their life savings restoring the hotel, which lies in an archipelago of sun-soaked islands off the coast of Marseille. To celebrate the grand opening, a group of privileged guests joins Verlaque and Bonnet: Marine's free-spirited best friend; an aging film star, his much-younger wife, and her son; a pair of affable American tourists; and a querelous Parisian couple. But the murder of one of the guests casts a shadow over everyone's vacation, and things go from bad to worse when a violent storm cuts off all communication with the mainland.

Das Geisterhaus in der Provence. Der weltberühmte Schriftsteller Valère Barbier zieht in sein neues Haus, Bastide Blanche, ein altes romantisches Anwesen in der Provence. Doch schon bald merkt er, dass es dort nicht mit rechten Dingen zugeht. Er verbringt keine einzige ruhige Nacht in seinem neuen Zuhause. Als sein Stiefsohn entführt wird, holen Barbier die Geister der Vergangenheit ein, und er muss sich mit alten Geheimnissen auseinandersetzen. War wirklich ein Unfall die Ursache für den Tod seiner Frau Agathe?

Mord in Aix-en-Provence. Der betagte Postangestellte René Rouquet wurde in seiner Wohnung ermordet. Hier hatte der berühmte Maler Paul Cézanne einst seine letzten Lebensjahre verbracht. Rouquet hatte eine alte Leinwand entdeckt, auf der eine junge Provenzalin dargestellt ist. Ein echter Cézanne? Aber wer ist die lächelnde Frau auf dem Gemälde? Und wer hat Rouquet ermordet? Richter Antoine Verlaque und die schöne Juraprofessorin Marine Bonnet stehen vor einem komplizierten Fall ... Ein charmanter Krimi voller Lavendelduft, Kochkunst und Liebe.

Sonne, Wein und Mord. Auf dem Weingut Beauclaire werden teure, alte Weine gestohlen. Außerdem treibt in der Gegend um Aix-en-Provence ein brutaler Frauenmörder sein Unwesen. Für Untersuchungsrichter Antoine Verlaque und seine Freundin, die attraktive Juraprofessorin Marine Bonnet, bleibt keine Zeit mehr, die Schönheit des provenzalischen Sommers zu genießen ... Ein Kriminalroman mit südfranzösischer Atmosphäre, Spannung und charmantem Personal.

Es stirbt sich schöner in der Provence. Professor Moutte von der theologischen Fakultät der Uni in Aix-on-Provence wurde ermordet. War der Täter einer der Bewerber um sein Amt und seine schöne Wohnung? Oder war es einer der Studenten, die auf ein hochdotiertes Stipendium hoffen? Untersuchungsrichter Antoine Verlaque und seine Freundin Marine Bonnet stehen vor einem komplizierten Fall ... Südfranzösische Atmosphäre, Kochkunst und Liebe in einem wunderschönen Provence-Krimi.

Mörderische Provence. Marine Bonnet und Antoine Verlaque lieben das neue, angesagte Restaurant "La Fontaine" unweit vom Cours Mirabeau, der berühmten Hauptstraße von Aix-en-Provence. Sie haben vor kurzem geheiratet und sind dort häufig zu Gast. Als der Besitzer noch ein paar Freisitze einrichten möchte, bekommt er Ärger mit einigen Nachbarn. Kurz darauf entdeckt sein Tellerwäscher unweit des Brunnens im Garten eine Leiche und plötzlich sind die Hälfte der Einwohner des noblen Innenstadtviertels Mazarin des Mordes verdächtig.

Mord im Luxus-Hotel Endlich Urlaub! Untersuchungsrichter Antoine Verlaque und seine Freundin, die Juraprofessorin Marine Bonnet, haben ein Hotel für die Reichen und Schönen auf der Insel Sordou unweit von Marseille gebucht. Die Sonne, das Hotel, die Küche, die Liebe - alles ist großartig auf Sordou. Dann wird einer der Hotelgäste, einst ein berühmter Schauspieler, von der charmanten jungen Marie-Thérese am Strand gefunden.

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Francia y la poesía fueron los primeros grandes amores de Stefan Zweig, que dedicó una buena parte de su obra a sacar de su «aparente oscuridad» a los genios de la creación y contagiar así sus pasiones a los lectores. A petición de la editorial berlinesa Schuster & Loeffler, el joven escritor compuso esta breve monografía sobre Paul Verlaine, su primer ensayo biográfico. Esta pequeña joya publicada en 1 9 0 5, que incluye traducciones de algunos de los poemas más emblemáticos del poeta, inauguró en la carrera de Zweig un género literario en el que desplegaría todo su talento y sensibilidad.