Mary Lou Longworth, known as M. L. Longworth, is a Canadian author best known for her ''Verlaque and Bonnet'' series of detective novels set in

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. In 2021, it was announced that

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planned to adapt Longworth’s novels into a series titled '' Murder In Provence''. The series debuted in March 2022, starring

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in the lead role of Antoine Verlaque and

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as his romantic partner Marine Bonnet. Longworth was born in Toronto and moved to Aix in 1997. She has been influenced by

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, and her mysteries are like "intricate puzzles". Longworth also teaches writing at

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Bibliography

* ''Death at the Chateau (A Verlaque & Bonnet Provençal Mystery Book 1),'' Penguin USA (2011) * ''Murder in the Rue Dumas (A Verlaque & Bonnet Provençal Mystery Book 2),'' Penguin USA (2012) * ''Death in the Vines (A Verlaque & Bonnet Provençal Mystery Book 3),'' Penguin USA (2013) * ''Murder on the Île Sordou (A Verlaque and Bonnet Provençal Mystery Book 4)'', Penguin USA (2014) * ''The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne (A Verlaque & Bonnet Provençal Mystery Book 5)'', Penguin USA (2015) * ''The Curse of La Fontaine (A Provençal Mystery Book 6)'', Penguin USA (2017) * ''The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche (A Provençal Mystery Book 7)'', Penguin USA (2018) * ''A Noël Killing (A Provençal Mystery Book 8),'' Penguin USA (2019) * ''The Vanishing Museum on the Rue Mistral (A Provençal Mystery Book 9)'', Penguin USA (2021) * ''Disaster at the Vendome Theater (A Provençal Mystery Book 10),'' Penguin USA (Release date: October 4, 2022)

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian women mystery writers Writers from Toronto Canadian emigrants to France New York University faculty {{Canada-writer-stub