Martin Walker: The Resistance Man (USA 2014)

From the publisher:
Another delightful installment in the internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.
It's summer in St. Denis for chief of police Bruno Courrèges, and that means a new season of cases. This time there are three weighing on his mind. First, there's the evidence that a veteran of the French Resistance is connected to a notorious train robbery; then, the burglary of a former British spymaster's estate; and, finally, the murder of an antiques dealer whose lover is conveniently on the lam.

As Bruno investigates, it becomes clear that they are connected -- however, figuring out how will take every skill he possesses. Add in juggling the complex affections of two powerful women, maneuvering village politics, and managing his irrepressible puppy, Balzac, and Bruno has his hands full once again.

Martin Walker: The Resistance Man. A Mystery of the French Countryside. Vintage Books, ISBN: 9780345804808 (January, 2015), 321 p., $15.95.

Martin Walker: The Resistance Man (UK 2014)

From the publisher:
World War Two casts a long shadow in the Périgord, as Bruno, the local cop in the pretty market town of St. Denis, knows. When some rare bank notes are discovered, it appears they may be linked to the legendary train robbery at Neuvic, Dordogne, that took place in July 1944.

Bruno is already dealing with a wave of local burglaries, which have brought his old flame, Isabelle - and their compicated history - back to the town.

Worse is to come. Tasked with piecing together these past crimes, Bruno now finds he has the more pressing matter of a body on his hands. He must trace the links between past and present to restore peace in St. Denis.

Martin Walker: The Resistance Man. A case for Bruno, Chief of Police. Quercus, ISBN: 9781780870748 (June, 2014), 341 p., £7.99.

Martin Walker: The Resistance Man (USA 2014)

From the publisher:
Bruno Courrèges -- provincial French police chief extraordinaire -- is back in another delectable tale of mystery and suspense that unfolds in the gastronomically ravishing Dordogne.

A veteran of the Resistance dies, and among his possessions are documents that connect him to a notorious train robbery. A former British spymaster's estate is burglarized, the latest in a spree of expert thefts. An academic's home is broken into just as she is finishing a revelatory book on France's nuclear weapons program. An antiques dealer is found brutally murdered, and his former lover, the number one suspect, is on the run.

It's just another summer in St. Denis for Bruno, who must balance the constant barrage of demands on his time and expertise -- including the complex affections of two powerful women, town politics (the mayor is having romantic problems of his own), his irrepressible puppy, Balzac, and nights entertaining friends and visitors with ever-sumptuous repasts -- with a new focus on the mounting crime wave, whose seemingly unrelated events Bruno begins to suspect are linked. His search for clues to crimes old and new leads to stunning revelations about both his country's history and his own, and puts several more lives -- including Bruno's -- in deadly danger. In a thrilling denouement that proves the past is never really past, Bruno fights to secure the future of his beloved community and those he cares about most.

As charming and compelling as its hero, The Resistance Man offers fresh joys for loyal readers and newcomers alike.

Martin Walker: The Resistance Man. A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel. Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN: 9780385349543 (February, 2014), 321 p., $25.95.

Martin Walker: The Resistance Man (UK 2013)

From the publisher:
Bruno, chef de police, can't get a moment's peace. He's uncovered a cache of old bank notes and is also dealing with a wave of burglaries. The victims include the recently retired head of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee, which brings old flame Isabelle back to St Denis. The next burglary ends in murder: the victim's bludgeoned body found by his lover - the prime suspect. But Bruno is on another track. Meanwhile, the Mayor introduces Bruno to Jacqueline, who is researching the theory that American funds were used to prevent Communism in France, which led the US to give clandestine support to the nuclear program. When Jacqueline's home is subsequently burgled, the stakes become much higher. Jacqueline's work, suggests the Mayor, is political dynamite...

Martin Walker: The Resistance Man. War casts the longest shadow... A case for Bruno, chef de police. Quercus, ISBN: 9781780870717 (June, 2013), 341 p., £14.99 (?).