A Christmas Mystery In Provence Author:Mary-Jane Deeb Despite a narrow escape from death during her last visit to Grand-mere's eighteenth-century villa, Chrissy de Medici returns to celebrate a quiet family Christmas, complete with the traditional food and customs of Provence. Her plan is to regain control of her struggling paper, Le Loup Garou, which she left in capable hands while she took a much... more »-needed respite after her summer's adventures. But when a valuable fifteenth-century illuminated prayer book disappears from Grand-mere's room and her uncle's body is found dead in the orange grove, Chrissy is thrown into solving the mysteries. Hoping to vindicate the de Medici name and get the "scoop" for her paper, Chrissy joins forces with her irrepressible Grand-mere and medieval manuscript expert, Sister Felicity, visiting from Scholastica Abbey on Cape Cod. Claude Bizzard, the inspector from Paris who saved Chrissy's life once before, will be hard pressed to match the energy and expertise of this trio - but Chrissy can't shake the feeling that he might be another kind of match for her. Can Chrissy balance solving the mysteries, saving her paper and smoothing strained family relations without missing the joy of Christmas?« less