Black Diamond
(Bruno, Chief of Police #3)
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3.8 • 36 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
In Saint-Denis, the “black diamond” truffle is a treasured asset, but reports suggest this unique delicacy is being adulterated for profit. Meanwhile, a family is attacked in the local market, and a former military man is found brutally murdered. Black Diamond takes us back to the irresistible atmosphere of rural France, while opening a window onto France’s colonial history in the company of beloved Chief of Police Bruno.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Gallic charm suffuses Walker's third mystery of the French countryside (after 2010's The Dark Vineyard). Bruno Courr ges, the engaging do-gooder police chief of St. Denis in the P rigord region, likes to hunt for truffles with his basset hound, Gigi, and his mentor, Hercule, a retired intelligence agent with ties to Southeast Asia. Hercule's savage murder thrusts Bruno into a boiling conflict between France's Vietnamese refugees and the Chinese mob now rapidly surpassing them in France's underworld. Walker deftly seasons this complicated criminal m lange with the multimillion-dollar truffle trade and the rowdy Green threat to St. Denis's traditional way of life, adding savory soup ons of Bruno's romances past (Isabelle of the Police Nationale), present (exotically English Pamela), and possibly future (needy single mother and research chemist Florence). Like the aroma of amateur chef Bruno's venison stew, which virtually leaps off the pages, Walker's unmistakable affection for the "enchanting P rigord" makes every morsel of this cozy cum crime novel a savory delight.
Customer Reviews
BlackDiamond
Chapter four still missing. What does one do?
Pages missing?
Did anyone else think they missed some pages? Chapter 4 of the IBooks version is only 1 page long and that might help explain some choppy plot elements emerging later (eg, Florence).