Colleen Cambridge: A Fashionably French Murder
An American in Paris #3
A Fashionably French Murder is the third novel in Colleen Cambridge’s An American in Paris series, set during the years following World War II, featuring Tabitha Knight, the fictitious best friend of Julia Child. Tabitha, the daughter of a French mother and an American police officer father, was a Rosie the Riveter during the war, and came to Paris from the Detroit suburb where she grew up, to live with her French grandfather and his life partner, Oncle Rafe. She is not a very good cook, so how lucky is she to have Julia Child as a neighbor. At the time this book takes place, in 1950, Julia is attending classes at the Cordon Bleu, the famous French cooking school, during the day, and cooking mouthwatering meals for Tabitha and her “messieurs” at night. She is teaching Tabitha to cook, even though Tabitha is still pretty hopeless in the kitchen without Julia’s help. The two previous novels in the series have introduced the reader to French food and wine. This one brings readers into the world of haute couture.