Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious two hundred year-old farmhouse in the Luberon Valley and began a new life. This work lets you discover the joys of French rural living.

Murder, mystery and the famous white stallions of Vienna

Romance and danger on the beautiful Greek island of Corfu.

When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper, after all, she had warned him about his blood pressure. But a post-mortem determines that the cause of death is much more sinister. Murder by poison.

After an existence in an orphanage, Linda is appointed governess to the nine-year-old owner of the Chateau Valmy. During Philippe's minority, the estates are being managed by his uncle Leon, and Leon's son Raoul. But there are tensions below the smooth surface. One afternoon a bullet is fired in the beechwoods and the tensions become terrors.

One red rose, a one-way ticket to Stockholm, and a cryptic message in Latin intrigue Vicky Bliss - as they were precisely intended to do. Vicky recognises the handiwork of her former lover, jewel thief John Smythe, and she takes the bait, eagerly following Smythe's lead in the hope of finding a lost treasure.