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France's favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to
the town he polices and the people he protects. Loved by millions,
the Dordogne Mysteries are the perfect mix of mystery and escapism.
The event of the PĂ©rigord tourist season is the re-enactment of
the liberation of the historic town of Sarlat from the English in
1370. But it all goes wrong when the man playing the part of the
victorious French general collapses in a pool of blood. The
question for chief of police Bruno is was this an accident - or
deliberate? The stakes rise when Bruno learns that the man,
Kerquelin, was running Frenchelon, the secret French electronic
intelligence base nearby, after being recruited from a brilliant
Silicon Valley career. As he investigates, Bruno discovers that
Kerquelin's wound was faked, that he is alive and well and secretly
negotiating a massive deal to build a semi-conductor industry in
France. But then a whole new and dangerous player emerges,
determined to nip the deal in the bud.
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Capturing the magic of the Dordogne and its people, the Dordogne
Mysteries are worldwide bestsellers. Featuring Bruno, France's
favourite policeman, along with gourmet food and wine, local
colour, sunshine and murder mystery, no wonder they are so popular.
'RICH ON LOCAL COLOUR' THE TIMES 'DOLLOPS OF THE GOOD LIFE IN RURAL
FRANCE SPICED UP WITH INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'UNRIVALED AT INTERWEAVING THE PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE PURSUITS OF
A THOROUGH LIKABLE COP' DAILY MAIL Bruno Courreges is Chief of
Police of the lovely town of St Denis in the Dordogne. His main
wish is to keep the local people safe and his town free from crime.
But crime has a way of finding its way to him. For thirty years,
Bruno's boss, Chief of Detectives Jalipeau, known as J-J, has been
obsessed with his first case. It was never solved and Bruno knows
that this failure continues to haunt J-J. A young male body was
found in the woods near St Denis and never identified. For all
these years, J-J has kept the skull as a reminder. He calls him
'Oscar'. Visiting the famous pre-history museum in nearby Les
Eyzies, Bruno sees some amazingly life-like heads expertly
reconstructed from ancient skulls. He suggests performing a similar
reconstruction on Oscar as a first step towards at last identifying
him. An expert is hired to start the reconstruction and the search
for Oscar's killer begins again in earnest.
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'WITH BRUNO IN CHARGE THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR ONE OF THOSE CLASSIC
FEASTS THAT MAKE THIS SERIES SUCH A MOUTH-WATERING TREAT' New York
Times Book Review In this eleventh addition to a beguiling and
bestselling series, Bruno wonders which he's most afraid of - a
death squad loose in the woods or teaching a cookery class to the
tourists who flock to his beloved Dordogne Bruno, now Chief of
Police for the whole Vezere valley, has an unusual challenge to
rise to: teaching at his friend Pamela's new cookery school. It is
a daunting prospect - the disappearance of one of the school's
pupils almost serves as a welcome distraction. When the woman's
body is discovered in one half of a double homicide, the evidence
points to something far out of the ordinary. The other murder
victim is a man, covered in combat scars and with a false passport.
Investigations reveal a list of enemies as long as Bruno's arm. Any
one of them would have had good reason to kill him - but which
group managed it? And how did they find him? As more of their
mystery man's previous life is revealed, Bruno realizes that there
may be more intended victims in the vicinity. Now he must conduct
the biggest manhunt in St Denis' history to find the killers before
they strike again.
Join Bruno, France's favourite country cop, on his latest adventure
as he fights to keep St Denis safe. Set in the beautiful PĂ©rigord
region, The Dordogne Mysteries are the perfect combination of
mystery and escapism. It is summer in St Denis and Bruno is busy
organising the annual village concert. He's hired a local PĂ©rigord
folk group, Les Troubadours, to perform their latest hit 'A Song
for Catalonia'. But when the song unexpectedly goes viral, the
Spanish government, clamping down on the Catalonian bid for
independence, bans Les Troubadours from performing it. The timing
couldn't be worse, and Bruno finds himself under yet more pressure
when a specialist sniper's bullet is found in a wrecked car near
Bergerac. The car was reportedly stolen on the Spanish frontier and
the Spanish government sends warning that a group of nationalist
extremists may be planning an assassination in France. Bruno
immediately suspects that Les Troubadours and their audience might
be in danger. Bruno must organise security and ensure that his
beloved town and its people are safe - the stakes are high for
France's favourite policeman.
Take Note for Exam Success! York Notes offer an exciting approach
to English literature. This market leading series fully reflects
student needs. They are packed with summaries, commentaries, exam
advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the
text and encourage a critical analysis. York Notes, The Ultimate
Literature Guides.
France's favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to
the town he polices and the people he protects. Loved by millions,
the Dordogne Mysteries are the perfect combination of mystery and
escapism. The event of the PĂ©rigord tourist season is to be the
re-enactment of the liberation of the historic town of Sarlat from
the English in 1370. But it all goes wrong when the man playing the
part of the French general is almost killed in the heat of the
action. The immediate question for chief of police Bruno Courrèges
is was this an accident - or deliberate? The stakes rise when Bruno
learns that the man, Kerquelin, was running Frenchelon, the secret
French electronic intelligence base nearby, after being recruited
from a brilliant Silicon Valley career. His old Silicon Valley
colleagues have been invited to stay at the luxurious local chateau
of Rouffillac as his guests to enjoy the Sarlat show. As he
investigates, Bruno discovers that Kerquelin's wound was faked,
that he is alive and well and secretly negotiating a massive deal
to build a semi-conductor industry in France. But then a whole new
and dangerous player emerges, determined to nip the deal in the
bud.
Millions of readers worldwide are talking about the Dordogne
Mysteries. Discover why and join them with this gripping new read
starring Bruno Chief of Police, France's favourite cop 'RICH ON
LOCAL COLOUR' THE TIMES 'DOLLOPS OF THE GOOD LIFE IN RURAL FRANCE
SPICED UP WITH INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'UNRIVALLED AT INTERWEAVING THE PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE PURSUITS
OF A THOROUGHLY LIKABLE COP' DAILY MAIL Following the funeral of a
local farmer, Bruno gets a phone call from his son. He tells Bruno
that before his father's sudden death, he had signed over his
property to an insurance company in return for a subscription to a
luxury retirement home. Bruno discovers that both the retirement
home and the insurance company are scams with links to a Russian
oligarch whose dealings are already being tracked by the French
police. Meanwhile an aging British rock star is selling his home,
Chateau Rock. The star's son returns for the summer with his
Russian girlfriend. As Bruno pursues his inquiries into the
farmer's death and the stolen inheritance, he learns that the
oligarch is none other than the girlfriend's father. Bruno's
talents are tested to the limit as he untangles a Gordian Knot of
criminality that reaches as far as the Kremlin. But luckily Bruno
still has time to cook delicious meals for his friends and enjoy
the life of his beloved Dordogne. What's more, love is in the air.
His pedigree basset, Balzac, is old enough to breed. Bruno heads
for the kennels where a suitable beauty, Diane de Poitiers, is
ready and waiting for Balzac's attentions...
'WILL MAKE READERS LONG FOR LAZY DAYS IN RURAL FRANCE' Irish
Independent Millions of readers worldwide are discovering the
special world of Bruno, Chief of Police, and the Dordogne
Mysteries. There's murder in paradise in the twelfth case for
France's favourite cop in this addition to a beloved series A
missing art student. An international investigation. A secret that
will shatter Bruno's charming village of St Denis. A rich American
art student is found dead at the bottom of a well in an ancient
hilltop castle. The young woman, Claudia, had been working in the
archives of an eminent French art historian, a crippled Resistance
war hero, at his art-filled chateau. As Claudia's White House
connections get the US Embassy and the FBI involved, Bruno traces
the people and events that led to her fatal accident - or was it
murder? Bruno learns that Claudia had been trying to buy the
chateau and art collection of her tutor, even while her researches
led her to suspect that some of his attributions may have been
forged. This takes Bruno down a trail that leads him from the ruins
of Berlin in 1945, to France's colonial war in Algeria. The long
arm of French history has reached out to find a new victim, but can
Bruno identify the killer - and prove his case?
'HUGELY ENJOYABLE AND ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING. BRUNO ... THE MAIGRET OF
THE DORDOGNE' - Antony Beevor The first Dordogne Mystery starring
Bruno, Chief of Police, France's favourite cop. EU inspectors are
causing havoc in the little town of St Denis and local tempers are
running high, but is it really cause for murder? Market day in the
ancient town of St Denis in south-west France. EU hygiene
inspectors have been swooping on France's markets, while the locals
hide contraband cheese in their houses and call the Brussels
bureaucrats 'Gestapo'. Local police chief Bruno supports their
resistance. Although, here in what was once Vichy France, words
like 'Gestapo' and 'resistance' still carry a profound resonance.
When an old man, head of an immigrant North African family, is
found murdered, suspicion falls on the son of the local doctor,
found in flagrante playing sex games surrounded by Nazi
paraphernalia. But Bruno isn't convinced, and suspects this crime
may have its roots in that most tortured period of recent French
history - the Second World War, a time of terror and betrayal that
set brother against brother. Now it's up to him to find the killer
- but will the people of St Denis allow him to go digging through
the past in order to do it?
'Evocative descriptions of the Perigord ... distinctive characters
... intricate mystery. Readers new to this series will feel right
at home' Publishers Weekly starred review Capturing the magic of
the Dordogne and its people, the Dordogne Mysteries are worldwide
bestsellers. Featuring Bruno, France's favourite policeman, along
with gourmet food and wine, local colour, sunshine and murder
mystery, no wonder they are so popular. Bruno Courreges is Chief of
Police of the lovely town of St Denis in the Dordogne. His main
wish is to keep the local people safe and his town free from crime.
But crime has a way of finding its way to him. For thirty years,
Bruno's boss, Chief of Detectives Jalipeau, known as J-J, has been
obsessed with his first case. It was never solved and Bruno knows
that this failure continues to haunt J-J. A young male body was
found in the woods near St Denis and never identified. For all
these years, J-J has kept the skull as a reminder. He calls him
'Oscar'. Visiting the famous pre-history museum in nearby Les
Eyzies, Bruno sees some amazingly life-like heads expertly
reconstructed from ancient skulls. He suggests performing a similar
reconstruction on Oscar as a first step towards at last identifying
him. An expert is hired to start the reconstruction and the search
for Oscar's killer begins again in earnest.
France's favourite country cop, Bruno, faces a dangerous threat to
the town he polices and the people he protects. Loved by millions,
the Dordogne Mysteries are the perfect combination of mystery and
escapism. The event of the PĂ©rigord tourist season is to be the
re-enactment of the liberation of the historic town of Sarlat from
the English in 1370. But it all goes wrong when the man playing the
part of the French general is almost killed in the heat of the
action. The immediate question for chief of police Bruno Courrèges
is was this an accident - or deliberate? The stakes rise when Bruno
learns that the man, Kerquelin, was running Frenchelon, the secret
French electronic intelligence base nearby, after being recruited
from a brilliant Silicon Valley career. His old Silicon Valley
colleagues have been invited to stay at the luxurious local chateau
of Rouffillac as his guests to enjoy the Sarlat show. As he
investigates, Bruno discovers that Kerquelin's wound was faked,
that he is alive and well and secretly negotiating a massive deal
to build a semi-conductor industry in France. But then a whole new
and dangerous player emerges, determined to nip the deal in the
bud.
A sumptuous French cookbook that immerses readers in the
incomparable cuisine of the PĂ©rigord region, by the bestselling
author of the beloved Dordogne Mysteries series, co-authored with
his wife, food writer and novelist, Julia Watson. Bruno Courrèges,
the protagonist of Martin Walker's internationally acclaimed
mystery series, is not only the local police chief of the idyllic
village of St Denis. Bruno also happens to be an impressive amateur
chef, and in this delightful new cookbook, the culinary and
cultural inspiration behind Bruno's fiction world comes to life.
Featuring local recipes, charming anecdotes, and a history of its
French setting, Bruno's Cookbook invites readers into the bucolic
life of Walker and his wife, Julia, and showcases their passion for
the region's rich cuisine. Brimming with truffles, pate, top
quality fruit and vegetables, famed regional cheeses and wines, the
PĂ©rigord is a gourmet's paradise. Bruno's Cookbook includes over
90 recipes, steeped in local flavours and prepared in Walker's
large country kitchen, from Duck Breast Fillets with Honey and
Mustard, Red Onion Tarte Tatin, and a classic Beef Pot Roast, to
Chard Gratin (Bruno's comfort meal), Hazelnut Meringue Cake, and
Homemade Blackcurrant Liqueur. Centred on the splendid institution
of the village market, the recipes are organised around the people
who provide the food: the fisherman, the hunter, the cheesemaker,
the forager, the baker, and the winemaker. A feast for the senses,
Bruno's Cookbook transports readers to France's gastronomic
heartland.
Capturing the magic of the Dordogne and its people, the Dordogne
Mysteries are worldwide bestsellers. Featuring Bruno, France's
favourite policeman, along with gourmet food and wine, local
colour, sunshine and murder mystery, no wonder they are so popular.
'RICH ON LOCAL COLOUR' THE TIMES 'DOLLOPS OF THE GOOD LIFE IN RURAL
FRANCE SPICED UP WITH INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'UNRIVALED AT INTERWEAVING THE PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE PURSUITS OF
A THOROUGH LIKABLE COP' DAILY MAIL Bruno Courreges is Chief of
Police of the lovely town of St Denis in the Dordogne. His main
wish is to keep the local people safe and his town free from crime.
But crime has a way of finding its way to him. For thirty years,
Bruno's boss, Chief of Detectives Jalipeau, known as J-J, has been
obsessed with his first case. It was never solved and Bruno knows
that this failure continues to haunt J-J. A young male body was
found in the woods near St Denis and never identified. For all
these years, J-J has kept the skull as a reminder. He calls him
'Oscar'. Visiting the famous pre-history museum in nearby Les
Eyzies, Bruno sees some amazingly life-like heads expertly
reconstructed from ancient skulls. He suggests performing a similar
reconstruction on Oscar as a first step towards at last identifying
him. An expert is hired to start the reconstruction and the search
for Oscar's killer begins again in earnest.
Join Bruno, France's favourite country cop, on his latest adventure
as he fights to keep St Denis safe. Set in the beautiful Perigord
region, The Dordogne Mysteries are the perfect combination of
mystery and escapism. It is summer in St Denis and Bruno is busy
organising the annual village concert. He's hired a local Perigord
folk group, Les Troubadours, to perform their latest hit 'A Song
for Catalonia'. But when the song unexpectedly goes viral, the
Spanish government, clamping down on the Catalonian bid for
independence, bans Les Troubadours from performing it. The timing
couldn't be worse, and Bruno finds himself under yet more pressure
when a specialist sniper's bullet is found in a wrecked car near
Bergerac. The car was reportedly stolen on the Spanish frontier and
the Spanish government sends warning that a group of nationalist
extremists may be planning an assassination in France. Bruno
immediately suspects that Les Troubadours and their audience might
be in danger. Bruno must organise security and ensure that his
beloved town and its people are safe - the stakes are high for
France's favourite policeman.
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS CHILDREN OF WAR 'SO LIKEABLE IS BRUNO AND
SO CONVINCING HIS MILIEU THAT I WAS DESPERATE FOR MORE ...
FORMIDABLE!' Independent on Sunday Bruno, Chief of Police, France's
favourite cop, is under pressure once again in this internationally
bestselling series. He's investigating a murder - but it's one his
bosses would rather he left well alone... Bruno, Chief of Police in
the charming French town of St Denis, is already busy with a case
when the body of an undercover French Muslim cop is found in the
woods, a man who called Bruno for help only hours earlier. But
Bruno's sometime boss and rival, the Brigadier, doesn't see this
investigation as a priority - there are bigger issues at stake.
Bruno has other ideas. Meanwhile, a Muslim youth named Sami turns
up at a French army base in Afghanistan hoping to get home to St
Denis. One of Bruno's old army comrades helps to smuggle Sami back
to France, but the FBI aren't far behind. Then an American woman
appears in St Denis with a warrant for Sami's extradition. Bruno
must unravel these multiple mysteries, amidst pressure from his
bosses, and find his own way to protect his town and its people.
The third installment in Martin Walker's delightful,
internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.
Something dangerous is afoot in St. Denis. In the space of a few
weeks, the normally sleepy village sees attacks on Vietnamese
vendors, arson at a local Asian restaurant, subpar truffles from
China smuggled into outgoing shipments at a nearby market--all of
it threatening the Dordogne's truffle trade, worth millions of
dollars each year, and all of it spelling trouble for Benoit
"Bruno" Courreges, master chef, devoted oenophile, and, most
important, beloved chief of police. When one of his hunting
partners, a noted truffle expert, is murdered, Bruno's
investigation into the murky events unfolding around St. Denis
becomes infinitely more complicated. His friend wasn't just a
connoisseur of French delicacies, he was a former high-profile
intelligence agent--and someone wanted him dead.
As the strange crimes continue, Bruno's detective work takes him
from sunlit markets to dim cafes, from luxurious feasts to tense
negotiations--from all of the paradisial pleasures of the region to
its shadowy underworld--and reunites him with a lost love, an
ambitious policewoman also assigned to the case. Filled with an
abundance of food and wine (including, "bien sur, " many, many
truffles) and a "soupcon" of romance, "Black Diamond" is a
deliciously entertaining concoction that delivers all the
complexity and delights of the Dordogne itself.
"From the Hardcover edition."
'RICH IN ATMOSPHERE AND PERSONALTIY ... IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO READ A
BRUNO NOVEL WITHOUT GETTING HUNGRY' New York Times Bruno, Chief of
Police, star of the internationally bestselling series of Dordogne
Mysteries, investigates the real-life disappearance of 'the most
beautiful car ever made' in this compelling case for France's
favourite cop The Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic was called the most
beautiful car of all time. Only four of them were ever built. A
California museum paid $37 million for one; Ralph Lauren bought
another; a third was smashed by a train at a level crossing. The
fourth disappeared in France during World War 2. It was the car
used by British racing ace, William Grover Williams, twice winner
of the French and Monaco Grand Prix, who became an undercover agent
in Occupied France. The latest adventure in the Bruno series of
mystery novels starts from this true story. Two young men, both
racing drivers with a passion for antique cars, compete to find new
clues as to the car's hiding place in the Perigord region of
France. When a local researcher turns up dead on Bruno's patch, and
French intelligence starts investigating the use of classic car
sales to launder money for funding Islamic terrorism, Bruno finds
himself once more caught up in a case that reaches far beyond his
small town and its people. With the bucolic charm and gourmet
cooking that are the hallmarks of this series, Bruno's latest
adventure finds him falling in love again as he races to find the
murderer and to track down the fate of the most beautiful car ever
made.
'WALKER BRINGS TO LIFE A COMPLETE COMMUNITY AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE
WHO IS ITS PROTECTOR, TEACHER AND FRIEND' - Literary Review In
rural Dordogne, Bruno, Chief of Police, knows that WW2 casts the
longest shadow. Rare bank notes are found, linking to the famous
Neuvic train robbery of 1944 in the sixth
internationally-bestselling case for France's favourite cop. In the
small town of St Denis, Bruno, can't get a moment's rest. Some rare
bank notes have come to light that may have links to the legendary
Neuvic train robbery in 1944. The investigation is fraught with
issues. Bruno is also dealing with a wave of local burglaries,
which have brought his old flame, Isabelle - and their complicated
history - back to the town. Worse is to come. Tasked with piecing
together these past crimes, Bruno now finds he has the more
pressing matter of a body on his hands. He must now trace the links
between past and present to restore peace in his beloved town of St
Denis.
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