The Vineyard Murder: A totally addictive cozy and escapist murder mystery

by Greg Mosse

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Readers love The French Village Mystery
'A delightful, original and cleverly plotted murder mystery with a rich sense of place that made me feel I had been transported to the quaint charm of Southern France' A.A. Chaudhuri

'A delight from start to finish' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A murder mystery that is heartwarming, cosy and delightfully bookish' Jamie West

'With memorable characters and a rich sense of place, this book is perfect for fans of cosy whodunits' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Combines the charm of a Provençal setting with a cleverly plotted puzzle that will keep readers guessing until the final page' Tim Stretton

'Utterly enjoyable' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Colourful characters, a beautifully drawn location and a mystery within a mystery make this an eminently satisfying cosy' Neil Daws

323 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 17, 2026

Reviews

[Janet]

As summer draws to a close in the south of France, bookshop owner Zoe Pascal is helping with this year's grape harvest. Surrounded by the soft green hills of Sainte-Catherine, Zoe has spent the last week working on her friend Marcel Maurice's vineyard. Early one morning, as Zoe walks her dog Russell, she stumbles upon a dead body wrapped in a blanket, nestled amongst the vines. Zoe immediately alerts the local police, but when they return to the spot of gruesome discovery, the body is nowhere to be found.
The fourth outing for Zoe , it could be read on its own but it does refer to earlier books So to fully appreciate it I’d recommend reading in order. I thoroughly enjoyed the book it was slightly different as the victim wasn’t identified until the denouement. I really like Zoe, I like how well she’s settled in Sainte-Catherine & how we’re getting to know the ‘locals’ in this book we get to know about Marcel & his nephew. A well written interesting cosy mystery, that kept me guessing not only who the murderer was but who the victim was!
I voluntarily read and reviewed a special copy of this book; all thoughts and opinions are my own

[Verity W]

The Vineyard Murder, where Zoe is helping her friend Marcel with his grape harvest when she discovers a body in among the vines when she is arriving in the early morning. But when she returns with the local police officer the body has disappeared. The reader knows that Zoe wasn't wrong, but she doesn't and carries on with the harvest and getting to know the other people who have come to work on the grape harvest who are a very mixed bunch to say the least. This has got surprisingly little murder in it until very late on, but there's still a lot of mystery going on. I think Zoe's inquisitiveness is at it's most unattractive in this book - I'm not sure whether you would actually like her if you only read this book, but I did like the way it dug into the personalities and rivalries of the characters. Plus it has some Ngaio Marsh references and I'm a sucker for that because you all know how much I love Inspector Alleyn!

****Copy from NetGalley for review consideration******