Meurtre rue Saint-Jacques: A Murder Mystery in Easy French (Petits meurtres français)

by France Dubin

A dream vacation in Paris. A dead landlord. And a murder to solve... in French!Alice and Liz, two Americans, have come to Paris for a dream vacation. They rent a beautiful apartment in the Latin Quarter and are ready to explore Paris.

Unfortunately, the day after they arrive, their landlord is found dead in their kitchen.

Can Alice solve the crime? And can you solve it while improving your French?

Learn French through an entertaining mysteryIf you're learning French—or trying to refresh the French you studied years ago—reading a novel in French can feel intimidating.

This book is designed to make it easier and more enjoyable.

The story is written in easy, conversational French for adult learners from beginner to intermediate (A1–B2). You can read at your own pace and check the English translation whenever you need it, so you can enjoy the mystery without getting stuck on every unfamiliar word.

You'll also find exercises after each chapter to help you review vocabulary, grammar and comprehension. So instead of studying another textbook, you

Read a mystery. Learn new French. Review what you've learned. And have fun along the way.

The book and audiobook work together📖 Ebook &
• Complete story in French
• Complete English translation
• Vocabulary and grammar exercises

🎧 Companion
• Complete story in French
• Read slowly and clearly by France Dubin, a native French speaker
• Designed to help you practice French listening comprehension and pronunciation

Please The audiobook is in French only and does not include the English translation or exercises. The audiobook is intended as a companion to the book, giving you an opportunity to hear the French spoken clearly and practice your listening and pronunciation.

Part of a series—start anywhere!Meurtre rue Saint-Jacques is part of Petits Meurtres Français, a series of 7 French mysteries that can be read in any order. So you can start with this mystery and, if you enjoy it, continue with any of the other books in the series.

A French mystery. A complete English translation. Exercises to reinforce your learning. And a French audiobook to help you hear the language.

Learning French doesn't have to feel like studying.

Genres: France, Mystery

197 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 2, 2022

About the author

With over 30,000 books sold, France Dubin's novels are so engaging, you don't even notice you are reading French!
Her fun books in easy French have helped thousands of adult students.

Reviews

[Dr Dabbler]

If you want authentic easy reading material in French for adults, France Dubin's work is worth looking at.
This story is a simple murder mystery. Suspense is achieved by having the murder in the first chapter, then while we're guessing whodunnit, we go from the beginning, when the two women first decide to travel to France together, with more facts slowly being revealed.
Dubin ensures that useful dialogues occur during the stories, without it slowing the narrative down much. At the end of each chapter are short exercises to help revise or improve your French knowledge.
This story revealed a gap in my vocabulary. I know very few kitchen words.

[Halley Sutton]

C'est parfait pour pratiquer le français.

[AnneLouise]

I really enjoyed reading this and found it very beneficial as an adjunct to my French study. I was proud of my ability to read and comprehend most of it.
It was a really fun story and I look forward to reading more in the series.

[April]

C’est fantastique. J’ai appris de nouveaux mots et j’ai compris l’histoire. Merci!

[Janet]

For some reason I cannot add the audiobook edition, and that is the one I listened to.
It's not a long book. The author specialised in books in really easy French, no complex grammar or vocabulary, and reads it slowly and understandably. It's perfect for people who want to develop their comprehension skills. They're also real stories, not encounters with the neighbours or visits to the post office, which often call themselves stories. This book is about two American women going to Paris, renting an apartment, and the day after they arrive their landlord is found dead in their kitchen. They are suspects, but our heroine does a little investigating of her own and helps flag down the murderer. The story is thin, but that's fine. It's still a real story, with multiple possibilities and good motives. I recommend her books highly to people learning French.

[Thysville N]

Victor Hugo or Marcel Pagnol this certainly isn’t and therefore all the more fun for it, as it deals with a modern day France and certainly the style and language grade makes for easy reading, for me anyway Level B1/B2 according to Duolingo.
I had to laugh at a dessert called Nuns farts and like so many things in France Dubin’s books it is worth some extra Internet research.
I had just purchased a second copy of the book and sent it to my 14 year old granddaughter when I turned the page and read about the ½ dozen condoms in the handbag - luckily no more graphic than that and anyway she probably knows more about that subject than I did at her age.
There is a lovely description of visiting an awkward neighbour and politely accepting a glass of water (part of the ritual behaviour in France) and the glass comes with an inappropriate logo and the water is tepid…
I really must stop buying these books as I race through them and I have a whole stack of erudite works that I really ought to be studying - needless to say another one of Professeur Dubin’s books arrived this morning.
:) I thoroughly recommend these books for their lighthearted fun - real French and real French situations and settings.

[Steven Barrett]

A great story well written in French and English. The book is written at around the A2 level, I found it easy and enjoyable to read which allowed me to read for much longer and learn new words easily through the context of the rest of the story. There are also language exercises between each chapter.

I have already bought the rest of the murder mystery series and I will definitely looks at the author's other books too

[Robert]

This is an easy french book if you are at level A2. The exercise at the end of each chapter are a nice review of different conjugation, vocabulary, or grammar. I think the exercises distract from the reading but are nice exercises. The conclusion of the mystery is abrupt and a little unsatisfying, but overall it is a good book for helping learn french.

[Suzanne]

This wasn't as entertaining as her last but I just realized that Alice has been to France three times and has been a murder suspect each time. The French police cannot stop trying to pin murders on this lady.

[Judy]

This book was fun to read! I am an intermediate French student and the language and grammar was manageable for me. The story was amusing and made me laugh a few times. There was enough mystery and suspense to keep me engaged until the end.

I bought another Meurtre book to read next!

[Norah]

DNF'D at 16%