✍ Scribed by Martin Walker
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The first installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.
Meet Benoit Courreges, aka Bruno, a policeman in a small village in the South of France. He's a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life. He has a gun but never wears it; he has the power to arrest but never uses it. But then the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes all that. Now Bruno must balance his beloved routines--living in his restored shepherd's cottage, shopping at the local market, drinking wine, strolling the countryside--with a politically delicate investigation. He's paired with a young policewoman from Paris and the two suspect anti-immigrant militants. As they learn more about the dead man's past, Bruno's suspicions turn toward a more complex motive.
"Enjoyable.... Martin Walker plots with the same finesse with which Bruno can whip up a truffle omelette, and...
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
The ninth installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno. Bruno's village of St. Denis has been called many things, but a hotbed of international intrigue has never been one of them . . . until now. When an undercover agent is found murdered just as
The sixth installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno. It's spring in St. Denis. The village choir is preparing for its Easter concert, the wildflowers are blooming, and among the lazy whorls of the river a dead woman is found floating in a boat.
**A missing woman, a shocking pregnancy, a dash of international intrigue, and a bottle or two of good Bergerac: it's another case for Bruno, Chief of Police.** When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in Bruno's usually idyllic Dordogne village of St. Denis, the wo
Hlavní náplní policejního šéfa Bruna je starat se o řádný chod života malebného městečka St. Denis na jihu Francie, což obnáší tak důležité úkoly, jakým je například ochrana místních výrobců sýrů před dovozci z EU, organizace venkovských slavností či ragbyových zápasů. A navíc si musí každý den vych
Early on summer mornings, police chief Bruno enjoys wandering the stalls of the weekly market in the village of St. Denis as they are being loaded with wares--ducks, oysters, wooden toys, used books, exotic teas and now, even miniskirts and cellphone cases. St. Denis is changing. But when Bruno's