A Deadly clair
A French Bistro Mystery

Its always been Mimi Rousseaus dream to open her own bistro, but it seems beyond her grasp since shes been chased back home to Nouvelle Vie in Napa Valley by her late husbands tremendous debt. Until her best friend Jorianne James introduces her to entrepreneur Bryan Baker who invests in promising prospects. Now, working the bistro and inn until shes able to pay it off and call it her own, Mimi is throwing the inns first wedding ever.The wedding will be the talk of the town, as famous talk show host Angelica Barrington, daughter of Bryans half-brother, Edison, has chosen the inn as her perfect venue. Anxious, Mimi is sure things are going to turn south, especially when Edison gets drunk and rowdy at the out-of-towners dinner, but by the evening, things begin to look up again. That is until 6:00 a.m. rolls around, and Bryan is found dead at the bistro with an clair stuffed in his mouth. And the fingers point at Mimi, whose entire loan is forgiven in Bryans will.Now its up to Mimi to clear her name and get to the bottom of things before the killer turns up the heat again in A Deadly clair, the scrumptious series debut by Agatha Awardwinning author Daryl Wood Gerber.