BLOOD RED

BLOOD RED is second in Jardine's new mystery series. Primavera Blackstone is a delightful, fun, thoroughly modern woman who has left the United Kingdom for Catalan, Spain. Narrator Hilary Neville splendidly captures Primavera, her 8-year-old son, her Spanish neighbors, and a multitude of international friends and visitors. Primavera is delighted when a fellow expat suggests holding a wine festival. What could better bring in the tourists? However, local dignitaries bristle at such a newfangled notion. After gutsy Primavera argues loudly with one official, he’s later found dead, and she must go into hiding. Listeners are also treated to well-rendered descriptions of place and tasty food and wine suggestions. A book that appeals to the senses! S.G.B. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2012]