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Čtvrtý detektivní román s policistou Brunem v hlavní roli nás opět zavede do malebné krajiny francouzského jihozápadu a městečka St Denis. Tentokrát spustí lavinu nepředvídatelných událostí jeden archeologický objev - nalezené tělo je však staré pouhých pár desítek let! Je možné, že tato vražda souvisí s militantními ochránci zvířat, kteří protestují proti produkci tradiční francouzské pochoutky foie gras? Vzápětí je Bruno vtažen do nebezpečné hry, jejímž cílem je odhalit spící teroristickou buňku organizace ETA. Tato mise svede Bruna znovu dohromady s jeho největší láskou Isabelle, a tak musí řešit nejen to, kde se skrývají útočníci, ale i jak dál v osobním životě. Kromě osvědčených vyšetřovacích metod nám Bruno znovu předvede, jak je možné si vychutnat dobré jídlo i pití v rychlém a globalizovaném světě a jak si umí Francouzi užívat života.

Třetí detektivní román spisovatele, novináře a politologa Martina Walkera a jeho hrdiny, policisty Bruna. Příběh se odehrává v St Denis, městečku v nádherné krajině francouzského jihozápadu, kde si lidé dovedou užívat dobrého jídla a pití. Tentokrát se zápletka románu točí okolo lanýžů, zlatého hřebu francouzské gastronomie, a rostoucí rivality mezi vietnamskými a čínskými gangy imigrantů. A když je zavražděn Brunův přítel, bývalý agent francouzské zpravodajské služby, vkrádá se do navýsost aktuálního děje temná francouzská minulost války ve Vietnamu, kdy se Francie zapletla do spolupráce se zločineckými gangy a obchodem s opiem. Venkovská idyla se postupně mění v politický thriller. Rozuzlení je nečekané, a ačkoliv jsou všechny stopy známé, jedině Bruno Courragés je dovede správně přečíst...

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 vychutnat obligátní oběd o mnoha chodech a dobré víno. Tuto jeho pohodu naruší až brutální vražda postaršího imigranta z Alžíru.

Druhý román Martina Walkera odehrávající se v idylickém městečku jihozápadní Francie vyhlášeném vínem, pohodou a dobrým jídlem navazuje na neuvěřitelný úspěch prvotiny Bruno, Chef de Police. Dvě události otřesou městečkem St Denis: žhář zapálí tajné pokusné pole geneticky modifikovaných plodin a bohatá kalifornská firma nabízí skoupit stovky hektarů země a přeměnit tradiční místní vinařství v moderní velkovýrobu. Policejní šéf Bruno Courrèges musí nalézt odpovědi na řadu otázek: Založili oheň militantní ekologové? Představuje investice obřího kalifornského vinařství pro město prosperitu, nebo hrozbu? A když zemře jeden z mladíků, který stál kalifornské firmě v cestě, jde o otázku nejdůležitější: Byl zavražděn?

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A bumper collection of delightful stories featuring Bruno, Chief of Police and France's favourite cop, all set in the beautiful Dordogne valley and the ravishing Perigord region of the south west. Here is a landscape of meandering rivers with medieval castles overlooking their banks, of lush hillsides and spreading vineyards, of delicious local wines and world renowned cuisine. With titles like 'The Chocolate War'; 'The Birthday Lunch'; 'Oystercatcher'; 'A Market Tale' and 'Fifty Million Bubbles', you may be sure that champagne and gastronomy will feature as well as cosy crime in 'Dangerous Vacation'. Bruno strides through these tales, staying calm. settling local disputes and keeping safe his beloved town of St Denis. Only on one occasion does he panic: in 'Bruno's Challenge', his friend Ivan, proprietor and chef of the town's popular eatery, suddenly collapses on the eve of a large anniversary dinner, and he asks Bruno to take over the restaurant. After a few protests followed by some deep breaths, the inimitable Bruno meets his challenge and saves the day.

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Bruno, chef de police in the 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 before. 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.

Martin Walker's account of over forty years of global confrontation between the US and Russia is a masterly narrative of the Cold War's twists and turns by a journalist who was a first-hand witness to its close.

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 Perigord 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.

France's favourite country policeman investigates a suicide and gets involved in a tricky local issue in the latest adventure in this ever popular and bestselling mystery series. 'FRENCH TOURISM SHOULD RAISE A GLASS TO WALKER'S DORDOGNE MYSTERIES' Daily Mail Bruno Courrѐges is chief of police of the lovely Dordogne town of St Denis with a remit that covers the beautiful valley of the river Vézѐre. One autumn morning he comes across an abandoned car parked near a local beauty spot. Inside is a dead woman, Monique, an apparent suicide resulting from depression. But there are circumstances surrounding the death that raise Bruno's suspicions, particularly when disputes arise surrounding her Will. At the same time, Bruno makes the mistake of interfering in a local marital dispute. Deputy mayor Xavier has been playing away and finds himself evicted from the family home. Old controversies about deer culls take on new life and then a second campaign begins, stating that Bruno is less of a village copper and more of a secret policeman, whose main job is working for French intelligence. Some of the ammunition for this attack, Bruno learns, comes from Xavier, who sees this as a way to topple Bruno and the mayor and succeed to the mayor's job himself. Suddenly Bruno's shiny reputation is looking a little tarnished as he battles to save his name and answer the questions surrounding Monique's suicide.

'A satisfyingly intriguing, wish-you-were-here read' Guardian A body is found showing marks of Satanism. Bruno, chief of police must track down a murderer while quelling his town's superstitious fears in this charming mystery, part of an internationally bestselling series It is springtime France's Périgord, a time of beauty and calm. But not for Bruno, chief of police of the small town of St Denis. A woman's body has been found on a boat, bearing signs of a black magic ritual. Bruno has too much on his plate as it is - mediating a domestic abuse case that needs careful handling and a dodgy local development proposal that seems just too good to be true. But a murder case must take precedent and the roots of this one lie buried deep in the past - linked to a chateau above a bend in the river, to the reclusive old woman who lives there, and to the secret hidden in the Devil's Cave. 'A first-rate mystery' Entertainment Weekly

With clever twists and action aplenty, this installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno is a journey to St. Denis that readers won't soon forget. 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 a prodigal son is set to retun from a grim tour in the Middle East, the small town suddenly finds itself host to a determined global tribunal, threatening the usual cheer brought by St. Denis’s annual wine festival.

The real life disappearance of 'the most beautiful car ever made' sparks a compelling new case for Bruno, Chief of Police

In south-west France, WW2 casts the longest shadow when some rare bank notes are discovered, notes that may have links to the legendary Neuvic train robbery in 1944 in the sixth internationally-bestselling case for Bruno, chief of police

It is summer in St Denis and Bruno is busy organising the annual village concert. He's hired a local Périgord 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. 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.

The victim carries no identification and her fingerprints are not known to the French police or Interpol. The only clue to the woman's identity is that her dentistry looks American, but Bruno's inquiries at local hotels and gites yield no trace of a missing foreign woman. The chateau of Commarque, begun in the 11th century, was founded by a Bishop of Sarlat and entrusted to the Knights Templar. In the rocks beneath it are caves. It is one of the few Templar sites in France that has never been associated with the fabled hidden treasure of the Templars - never until now, when a local journalist publishes a sensational story around the unknown woman's death and a centuries-old mystery looks like it might finally be solved...

The second installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Bruno, Chief of Police: When a bevy of winemakers descend on Saint-Denis the idyllic town finds itself the center of an intense drama, with suspicious fires at the agricultural research station that is working on genetically-modified crops. Two young men—Max, an environmentalist who hopes to make organic wine, and Fernando, the heir to an American wine fortune—become rivals for the affections of Jacqueline, a flirtatious, newly arrived Québécoise student of wine. Events grow ever darker, culminating in two suspicious deaths, and Bruno finds that the problems of the present are never far from those of the past. "Captivating...Sure to appeal to readers with a palate for mysteries with social nuance and understated charm." —The Wall Street Journal "A gentle reminder to slow down and smell the grapes.... [Walker] beguiles the reader." —The New York Tiems Book Review "The real pleasure of the book is the place itself.... As readers are drawn into wine-stomping parties, truffle omelet dinners, and the aged dignity of a French hunting hound, the narrative tension gathers." —Houston Chronicle

The Dordogne village of St Denis is tearing itself apart. Can Bruno, chef de police, keep it together in this gripping new crime novel?

A missing art student. An international investigation. A secret that will shatter the village of St Denis. Millions of readers worldwide are talking about the Dordogne Mysteries. Find out why and join them with the latest gripping addition to this beloved series. 'Will make readers long for lazy days in rural France' Irish Independent 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?

Set in the picturesque Pâerigord region of France, this collection features beloved characters from the Bruno novels as they navigate various local conflicts and mysteries. Bruno, the local policeman, investigates a range of cases, from a parole-breaking prisoner to a love triangle and stolen oysters. The stories are enriched with vibrant descriptions of regional cuisine, including festive dishes like Christmas goose and quiche Lorraine, showcasing the charm of St. Denis and its community.

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 MAILBruno 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.

Millions of readers worldwide are talking about the Dordogne Mysteries. Discover why and join them with this gripping new read!

Springtime in St Denis and a female body has been found on a boat, bearing the ghastly signs of a black magic ritual. The victim is unknown and nobody is coming forward. This is the last thing Bruno needs.

The author traces the course of the Cold War from Yalta in 1945 through the Korean War, the Kennedy-Khrushchev confrontations, Vietnam, the "New Cold War" during the Reagan administration, the advent of glasnost and perestroika under Gorbachev and the "year of miracles" (1989) which brought down the Berlin Wall. He is concerned with demonstrating, first, that the superpowers found limited responses to crises (the Berlin blockade and airlift didn't grow into a direct military confrontation; the Korean War didn't spread throughout Asia) and, second, how the stability resulting from the Cold War balance of power set the stage for a new international economic system. This cogent reevaluation of the Cold War as a form of economic competition argues that its end marked a shift away from the geo-strategic toward the geo-economic and an accelerated expansion of world trade.

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 Périgord 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.

Bruno, France's favourite country cop, investigates a long-buried war crime and faces a devastating flood that threatens the town he polices and the people he loves.

A death squad loose in the woods and teaching a cookery class - Bruno knows which he's more afraid of in the eleventh mouthwatering addition to this beloved series

Arguing that Gorbachev's aim is to make the USSR competitive with the world's leading industrial economies, a journalist analyzes the obstacles hindering Gorbachev's plans and consequences if he succeeds

Der Bildband über das Périgord, bekannt aus der ›Bruno‹-Reihe, bietet eine unterhaltsame und kenntnisreiche Erzählung von Martin Walker über die Region. Er kombiniert die reiche Geschichte, die berühmte Küche und die liebenswerten Bewohner mit stimmungsvollen Fotos und praktischen Reisetipps.

Endlich: Essen wie Bruno im Périgord! Das Kochbuch zu den kulinarischen Krimis von Martin Walker. Statt nur delikater Kriminalfälle für Bruno gibt es endlich auch die delikaten Rezepte mit marktfrischen Zutaten von ›Bruno, Chef de police‹, zusammengestellt von Martin Walker und optisch stimmungsvoll in Szene gesetzt durch den Foodfotografen Klaus-Maria Einwanger! Trüffeln, Pâté, Käse, guter Wein und schöne, geschichtsträchtige Landschaft: Der Hobbykoch aus dem Périgord spricht alle Sinne an. Ein Gaumenschmaus und kulinarischer Reiseführer! Und eine große Liebeserklärung an das Périgord!

Gartenfrisches gegrilltes Herbstgemüse mit Basilikum und Ziegenkäse, Mirabellen-Sorbet – besser lässt sich die Sehnsucht nach Frankreich nicht stillen. Für Martin Walker und seine Frau Julia Watson gibt es nichts Schöneres, als sich in ihrem Garten im Périgord zu köstlichen Rezepten inspirieren zu lassen. Eine kulinarische Liebeserklärung mitten im gastronomischen Herzen Frankreichs.

Rauh, felsig, winddurchtost im Norden, türkisblaues Meer, Sandstrände und Salzgärten im Süden – das alles verheißt die Bretagne. Die Normandie lockt mit idyllischen Badeorten, die Kanalinsel Guernsey mit einem Buchclub, Bordeaux mit den nahen Weinfeldern, Arcachon mit Sanddünen und Meeresfrüchten. Mit einem Originalbeitrag von Martin Walker sowie Geschichten von Anthony Doerr, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Marguerite Duras, Fred Vargas, Honoré de Balzac, Alex Capus, Jean-Luc Bannalec u. v. a.

Das kleinste Buch über die großartige Schweiz! Wie tief ist der Röstigraben und wo liegt er? Was versteckt sich hinter Schwingen, Hornussen und Jassen? Was ist ein Brocki? Warum heißt »Mensch ärgere dich nicht« in der Schweiz »Eile mit Weile«? Haben die Schweizer Humor und wenn ja, welchen?

Bruno nimmt uns mit auf einen Streifzug durch Saint-Denis, schlichtet kleine Nachbarschaftszwists und großes Gezeter am Markt und kümmert sich um allerlei missliche Angelegenheiten. Nur einmal gerät er ins Schwitzen: Als sein Freund, der Chef des beliebtesten Restaurants der Stadt, kurz vor einer großen Jubiläumsfeier ins Krankenhaus muss, bittet er Bruno, für ihn einzuspringen. Bruno zögert, atmet tief durch, krempelt die Ärmel hoch – und zaubert ein Festmahl und ganz nebenbei ein großartiges Lesevergnügen.

Lucia soll für einen Concept Store das passende Weihnachtsambiente schaffen – und das mitten im Sommer, doch die Dekorateurin kann sich schlecht auf ihre Arbeit konzentrieren. Ihr Mann Simon ist als Kriegsfotograf im Nahen Osten. Und dann kommt die so gefürchtete Nachricht: Simon ist bei einem Einsatz getötet worden. Nur langsam erholt sich Lucia vom Verlust. Was ihr bleibt, sind Simons zahlreiche eindringliche Bilder. Ein Jahr später wird Lucia von einem Mann angesprochen, der ihr irgendwie bekannt vorkommt. Scheu entwickelt sich zwischen ihr und Saeed, einem Künstler aus Syrien, eine zarte Beziehung. Er ist einer der Menschen, die Simon fotografiert hat. Martin Walker hat eine berührend liebe- und humorvolle Geschichte geschrieben, die dazu ermuntert, trotz politischer Wirren und privater Mühsal nicht aufzugeben.

Bruno steckt mitten in den Vorbereitungen für das alljährliche Konzert in Saint-Denis – die Folkband Les Troubadours soll auftreten, die mit ihrem neuesten Hit ›A Song for Catalonia‹ gerade in Spanien für Zündstoff sorgt. Hinweise auf einen geplanten Mordanschlag werden laut. Doch Bruno hat auch anderweitig alle Hände voll zu tun: Er ist zuständig für das Buffet eines Tennisturniers, ein Wildschwein wird über offenem Feuer gebraten, es wird gefeiert und geschlemmt – aber ist es Zufall, dass plötzlich vier junge Tennisasse aus Katalonien so viele Spiele für sich entscheiden?

Haarsträubend komisch und betörend unterhaltsam –ein echter Walker! Das Hotel Schräg – seit vier Generationen in Familienbesitz – erlebt bis Ende der dreißiger Jahre turbulente Zeiten und ist ein beliebter Künstlertreffpunkt in den Bergen. Picasso und Duchamp sind hier ebenso abgestiegen wie Malewitsch oder der Fotograf Valéry Valse. Nun allerdings dümpelt das Hotel seit Jahrzehnten vor sich hin. Bis sich der junge Kunsthistoriker Benoît Flucks mit seiner Freundin Lola im Hotel einquartiert. Flucks hofft, hier bisher unbekannte Fotografien des Künstlers zu finden. Hotelier Alain Schräg weiß sehr genau, dass es nur noch ein einziges erhaltenes Werk gibt. Doch sieht Lola einem von Valse’ Modellen verblüffend ähnlich, und er hat eine Idee.

Statt Bruno Courrèges im heutigen Périgord ermittelt Hauptkommissar Bernd Aguilar im Deutschland von morgen. Sein engster Mitarbeiter: ein Roboter. Doch kann er diesem nach dem letzten Update noch trauen? Wer werden wir sein? In welcher Welt werden wir leben? Wie werden wir unser Geld verdienen? Was wird aus unseren Unternehmen? Wie bewegen wir Personen, Güter und Daten? Martin Walker hat unsere Chancen und Möglichkeiten zu einem atemberaubenden und realistischen Roman unserer Zukunft verdichtet.

Bruno erholt sich noch von einer Schussverletzung, als ein geheimnisvoller Fund sein Interesse weckt: Bei einem verfallenen Schlösschen wird ein Grab mit drei Skeletten gefunden, offenbar aus dem 2. Weltkrieg. Ist es im idyllischen Saint-Denis zu Kriegsverbrechen gekommen? Bruno begibt sich auf Spurensuche in dunkle Zeiten, doch auch in der Gegenwart wird er dringend gebraucht: Internationale Besucher müssen mit Köstlichkeiten aus dem Périgord bewirtet werden, und die malerische Vézère schwillt zu einem reißenden Strom an, der ganz Saint-Denis in Gefahr bringt.

Bruno im Sondereinsatz: Eine Gruppe alter Freunde, die sich aus dem Silicon Valley kennen, trifft sich alljährlich zu einer Urlaubswoche, diesmal im wunderschönen, luxuriösen Château de Rouffillac. Doch im Vorfeld wird einer von ihnen, Brice Kerquelin, Opfer eines mysteriösen »Unfalls«, und Bruno wird zum Schutz der kleinen Runde abgeordnet. Aber nicht nur sein Scharfsinn, sondern auch seine Kochkünste sind gefragt: In der Abgeschiedenheit des Schlosses wappnet er sich gegen Übergriffe und sorgt mit Estragonhühnchen und Tarte tatin fürs leibliche Wohl.