When French financier Edgar Bowen drowns in a bowl of soup, his former girlfriend, American Rachel Levis, is alarmed by the unnatural death. Who dies eating a nice vichyssoise? But when she overhears a mourner at his funeral describing the circumstances of his death, something sounds even stranger: a bottle of rosé was on the dining table when he died. The only problem: Edgar loathed rosé. If he wasn't drinking it, who was? After the police rule the death accidental, Rachel knows it's up to her and her best friend Magda to investigate. As the two Americans immerse themselves in Edgar's upper-class world, the list of suspects grows: Could it have been his son, who inherited his money and lavish apartment? His icy ex-wife? His greedy new girlfriend? His impoverished personal assistant? But when the suspects start dropping like flies, Rachel and Magda realize the murderer is tying up loose ends. It'll be up to two amateur sleuths to solve their first case before the murderer decides they're next...
When American sleuth Rachel Levis stumbles upon an employee of the French national library strangled in the bathroom of a cafe, she's not surprised to be asked to help with the investigation by her old acquaintance Capitaine Boussicault-after all, she and her best friend Magda solved a tricky murder only eighteen months before. But right from the start, this case proves to be très difficile. When Rachel goes undercover as a librarian to determine which of his book-loving colleagues loathed the man enough to kill him, the library is rocked by more bad news: a priceless antique book has been mutilated. And the very next day, her favorite suspect for the murder is found dead in the stacks. Just as the case is heating up, Boussicault pulls Rachel from the investigation. Undeterred, she and Magda decide to forge ahead with their own investigation-even if it could put them at odds with the police... and in serious danger. With evidence and suspects piling up, it will be up to them to find the culprit-and stop more innocent books from being harmed-before anyone else checks out for good.
Der Banker Edgar Bowen ist in einer köstlichen Vichyssoise ertrunken. Als sie von seinem unglücklichen Tod in der Suppe erfährt, erinnert sich Rachel voller Nostalgie an ihre ersten Jahre in Paris, in denen ihr Edgar den Zauber dieser Stadt gezeigt hat. Doch auf dem Begräbnis hört sie, dass neben dem Suppenteller eine Flasche Rosé gestanden hatte, und weiß sofort: Da stimmt etwas nicht. Denn Edgar war nicht nur ihr erster Liebhaber, sondern vor allem leidenschaftlicher Rosé- Verschmäher!
