Champagne: The Farewell

Janet Hubbard works as a writer and editor in Fayston, Vermont, and teaches fiction writing at the University of Vermont. This series is the result of annual trips to France over a twenty-year span to visit French friends, and a love of wine and the wine culture that led to extensive stays in some of the wine districts, including Champagne and Bordeaux.

Praise for Champagne: The Farewell"Champagne: The Farewell has the character of a fine wine, sparkling and flavorful, with just a touch of malice." -Craig Johnson author of The Cold Dish and As the Crow FliesNYPD detective Max Maguire flies to France to attend her friend Chloé Marceau's wedding in Champagne, an hour and a half east of Paris. She meets the older, urbane Olivier Chaumont and experiences a fairy-tale evening. But when Chloé's aunt Léa de Saint-Pern is found murdered after the wedding dinner, Max and Olivier are shocked back into their professional roles. Olivier learns several people were attempting to gain control of Léa's business. Quietly using skills inherited from her detective dad, Max insinuates herself into the victim's family until their long-held secrets begin to spill out like marbles from an overturned dish....Janet Hubbard teaches fiction writing at the University of Vermont. janethubbard.com