A Provençal Christmas: The Maggie Newberry Mysteries

By Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Enjoy a taste of the season Provence-style with this festive Maggie Newberry short story.
It's Christmas in St-Buvard where Maggie and Laurent are home in Provence for the holiday for first time ever. When Danielle gives the Dernier children a mysterious old Advent calendar, things begin to happen that drive Maggie to the unmistakable conclusion that Christmas in Provence is different than anywhere else.
Bonus material! Laurent's favorite Christmas season recipes also included.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: San Marco Press
• Release date: Sep 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223449621

Susan Kiernan-Lewis

USA TODAY Bestselling Author Susan Kiernan-Lewis is the author of The Maggie Newberry Mysteries, the post-apocalyptic thriller series The Irish End Games, The Mia Kazmaroff Mysteries, The Stranded in Provence Mysteries, The Claire Baskerville Mysteries, and The Savannah Time Travel Mysteries. Visit www.susankiernanlewis.com or follow Author Susan Kiernan-Lewis on Facebook.

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A PROVENÇAL CHRISTMAS

A PROVENÇAL CHRISTMAS

A MAGGIE NEWBERRY SHORT STORY

SUSAN KIERNAN-LEWIS

SAN MARCO PRESS

A Provençal Christmas. A Maggie Newberry Short Story.

Copyright 2016 © by Susan Kiernan-Lewis.

All rights reserved.

BOOKS BY SUSAN KIERNAN-LEWIS

The Maggie Newberry Mysteries

Murder in the South of France

Murder à la Carte

Murder in Provence

Murder in Paris

Murder in Aix

Murder in Nice

Murder in the Latin Quarter

Murder in the Abbey

Murder in the Bistro

Murder in Cannes

Murder in Grenoble

Murder in the Vineyard

Murder in Arles

Murder in Marseille

Murder in St-Rémy

Murder à la Mode

Murder in Avignon

Murder in the Lavender

Murder in Mont St-Michel

Murder in the Village

Murder in St-Tropez

Murder in Grasse

Murder in Monaco

Murder in Montmartre

Murder in the Villa

A Provençal Christmas: A Short Story

A Thanksgiving in Provence

Laurent’s Kitchen

The Claire Baskerville Mysteries

Déjà Dead

Death by Cliché

Dying to be French

Ménage à Murder

Killing it in Paris

Murder Flambé

Deadly Faux Pas

Toujours Dead

Murder in the Christmas Market

Deadly Adieu

Murdering Madeleine

Murder Carte Blanche

Death à la Drumstick

Murder Mon Amour

The Savannah Time Travel Mysteries

Killing Time in Georgia

Scarlett Must Die

The Cottonmouth Club

The Stranded in Provence Mysteries

Parlez-Vous Murder?

Crime and Croissants

Accent on Murder

A Bad Éclair Day

Croak, Monsieur!

Death du Jour

Murder Très Gauche

Wined and Died

Murder, Voila!

A French Country Christmas

Fromage to Eternity

The Irish End Games

Free Falling

Going Gone

Heading Home

Blind Sided

Rising Tides

Cold Comfort

Never Never

Wit’s End

Dead On

White Out

Black Out

End Game

The Mia Kazmaroff Mysteries

Reckless

Shameless

Breathless

Heartless

Clueless

Ruthless

Ella Out of Time

Swept Away

Carried Away

Stolen Away

CONTENTS

The First Week of Advent

The Second Week of Advent

The Third Week of Advent

The Fourth Week of Advent

The Réveillon

Christmas Day

Holiday Recipes from Chef Laurent

About the Author

THE FIRST WEEK OF ADVENT

Maggie looked at the array of small toys and trinkets on the dining room table. A plastic fighter jet. A ballerina that fit over a child’s index finger to make it dance. A small bag of colored marbles. There were more things for Jemmy than for Mila. Would she notice? Would she care? Will there be tears?

Can you just explain to me why we have to do Christmas morning less than a week after Thanksgiving? she asked her husband who stood in their kitchen in front of the new Cornue stove—an early Christmas present to himself.

You know why, Laurent said as he reached for the Herbes de Provence and sprinkled it liberally over the bubbling stew in the pot he was stirring on the stove.

Well, it makes no sense. Maggie blew an errant strand of hair from her face as she taped down the ends of a gaily colored package on the table before her. It flies in the face of serenity and peace and all that other crap you’re supposed to feel at Christmas when you have to run around and create Christmas morning before Thanksgiving is even over.

Laurent turned and smiled at her.

Which just made her madder.

I really don’t have time for this, Maggie said. "My blog post was supposed to have gone out yesterday and I don’t even have an idea of what I’m writing about! Danielle and Jeannette Pernon drove over this morning with about a dozen almond tarts