ML Longworth

ML Longworth

M.L. Longworth was born in Canada and moved to California after marrying. She and her husband lived there for several years before a planned family vacation to Paris and Provence in 1996 turned into a permanent stay. Longworth reveals that she searched for “France-Computer-Jobs” just prior to the holiday and her husband ended up getting a position. That was the beginning of her family’s life in Aix-en-Provence. She began writing about the region for The Washington Post, The Times (U.K.), The Independent (U.K.), and Bon Appétit Magazine. While writing for periodicals and teaching writing at NYU Paris, she began writing a mystery novel set in Aix. Her first novel, Death at the Château Bremont, was published in 2011 to much acclaim. She has written ten Verlaque and Bonnet novels (otherwise known as the Provencal Mysteries) since then and the books have recently been adapted for a television series on BritBox.

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Recommended by Danica Diaz

I really love M. L. Longworth’s series set in Aix-en-Provence. The city and country side are charact

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Bienvenue readers. Welcome to the south of France where Antoine Verlaque, the handsome chief magistrate of Aix, tries to romance his on-again, off-again law professor girlfriend Marine Bonnet while solving crimes. ML Longworth’s whodunits are so steeped in Aix-en-Provence’s rich history and culture, sun-soaked landscapes, and luscious foods that you will feel like you are there and sharing a glass of red wine alongside the crime-fighting duo while they puzzle their way through Longworth’s cleverly conceived mysteries.

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“The past is never far from the present in Provence. It lingers in the air, in the scent of lavender, in the sun-warmed stones of ancient buildings, in the whispered stories passed down through generations.”

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Janet Kelly

“I’m a fan of food, travel, and a good mystery so it’s no wonder I love Donna Leon and Martin Walker. And now I’ve got a new author that checks all my ‘boxes’ – M.L. Longworth. Her Provençal Mystery books are set in Aix-en-Provence and they are filled with food & wine, a touch of romance (between our lead detectives Antoine and Marine), and a murder or two or three!”

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