by Martin Walker
This is the story of Bruno, a police officer in the town of Saint Denis in the Dordognne region of France. This book attracted me because I have travelled in this area of France and really loved it.
The book was interesting because I had visited the area and could visualize or was familiar with some of the places he mentions in the book. However, the book was also a well written mystery story. It portrayed life in a small provincial town and the small town politics that occur. The story involves a number of attacks on vietnames and chinese establishments in the area. Are the towns getting caught up in inter gang rivalries? Plus, is someone interfering with truffle shipments -- this threatens the reputation for truffles that the region is so proud of. It was a quaint but entertaining story.
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