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Bruno, Chef De Police (2008)

by Martin Walker(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Diogenes

series

Bruno, Chief of Police

review 1: A nice portrait of a sleepy town and man formerly adrift finding his place. Though ostensibly a murder mystery it's rather light on the murder. I think maybe 60 pages in the whole book really focus on the crime and trying to solve it. The rest of the time Bruno is eating, thinking about his village, haphazardly wooing a few women and gazing lovingly across the valley where he's made his adopted home or playing tennis. Bit of an odd duck this novel, apparently it's the first in a series. I don't think I'll chase down the rest of them, but if I were staying somewhere and found one on the shelf I might pick it up. The read is easy and you do get a sense of the place and the food.
review 2: First in a series of seven I see! Written by a British author/journa... morelist, which occasionally is obvious but the flow of writing and delightful descriptions of the beautiful French Dordogne ..Perigord become just better and better. Lots of local color and cuisine. The murder leads to WWII secrets and some good reading as politics, immigration and war crimes mesh with some drug trafficking thrown in! Good read...and I grew to really like Bruno, Gigi his dog and their lifestyle!Bonus, if you have not been to that lovely area of France, several pages c/w photos of the area....a tourist guide, promotion section! less

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