I have liked these books in the past, a little bit of French history, a little bit of delicious food descriptions, a nice cozy community where people get along, a mystery somewhere along the lines, moral law enforcement. This one is not great and maybe that’s a me thing, but there seemed to be walls of “tell me don’t show me” about French history, not much of a mystery, a big dramatic flood which was a nice story of civic engagement but otherwise felt bolted on. There were a lot of unresolved threads throughout the story and maybe that’s setting us up for a future book but it’s all very unclear. This one felt muddled and not really up to the standard of the Bruno books.