The body in the castle well : a Bruno, chief of police novel / Martin Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23- author.

Series:

Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23- Bruno series

Bruno series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Courrèges, Bruno.

Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character).

Police--France--Fiction.

Police.

Falconers.

France.

Americans--France--Fiction.

Americans.

France--Fiction.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation.

Art historians--Fiction.

Art historians.

Scholars--Fiction.

Scholars.

Students--Fiction.

Students.

Falconers--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Mystery fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Physical Description:

333 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Summary:

When Claudia, a young American, turns up dead in the courtyard of an ancient castle in Bruno's jurisdiction, her death is assumed to be an accident related to opioid use. But her doctor persuades Bruno that things may not be so simple. Thus begins an investigation that leads Bruno to Monsieur de Bourdeille, the scholar with whom the girl had been studying, and then through that man's past. He is a renowned art historian who became extraordinarily wealthy through the sale of paintings that may have been falsely attributed--or so Claudia suggested shortly before her death. In his younger days, Bourdeille had aided the Resistance and been arrested by a Vichy policeman whose own life story also becomes inexorably entangled with the case. Also in the mix is a young falconer who works at the Château des Milandes, the former home of fabled jazz singer Josephine Baker. In the end, of course, Bruno will tie all the loose threads together and see that justice is served--along with a generous helping of his signature Périgordian cuisine.-- Publisher's description.

When Claudia, a young American, turns up dead in the courtyard of an ancient castle in Bruno's jurisdiction, her death is assumed to be an accident related to opioid use. But her doctor persuades Bruno that things may not be so simple. Thus begins an investigation that leads Bruno to Monsieur de Bourdeille, the scholar with whom the girl had been studying, and then through that man's past. He is a renowned art historian who became extraordinarily wealthy through the sale of paintings that may have been falsely attributed--or so Claudia suggested shortly before her death. In his younger days, Bourdeille had aided the Resistance and been arrested by a Vichy policeman whose own life story also becomes inexorably entangled with the case. Also in the mix is a young falconer who works at the Ch�ateau des Milandes, the former home of fabled jazz singer Josephine Baker. In the end, of course, Bruno will tie all the loose threads together and see that justice is served--along with a generous helping of his signature P�erigordian cuisine.-- Publisher's description.

Notes:

"A Borzoi book."

Sequel to: A taste for vengeance.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23- author. Body in the castle well

ISBN:

9780525519980

052551998X

OCLC:

1050140896

Publisher Number:

99982468342