Black Diamond

Black Diamond

The third installment in Martin Walker's delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.

Something dangerous is afoot in St. Denis. In the space of a few weeks, the normally sleepy village sees attacks on Vietnamese vendors, arson at a local Asian restaurant, subpar truffles from China smuggled into outgoing shipments at a nearby marketâ€”all of it threatening the Dordogneâ€™s truffle trade, worth millions of dollars each year, and all of it spelling trouble for BenoÃ®t â€œBrunoâ€ CourrÃ¨ges, master chef, devoted oenophile, and, most important, beloved chief of police. When one of his hunting partners, a noted truffle expert, is murdered, Brunoâ€™s investigation into the murky events unfolding around St. Denis becomes infinitely more complicated. His friend wasnâ€™t just a connoisseur of French delicacies, he was a former high-profile intelligence agentâ€”and someone wanted him dead.

As the strange crimes continue, Brunoâ€™s detective work takes him from sunlit markets to dim cafÃ©s, from luxurious feasts to tense negotiationsâ€”from all of the paradisial pleasures of the region to its shadowy underworldâ€”and reunites him with a lost love, an ambitious policewoman also assigned to the case. Filled with an abundance of food and wine (including, bien sÃ»r, many, many truffles) and a soupÃ§on of romance, Black Diamond is a deliciously entertaining concoction that delivers all the complexity and delights of the Dordogne itself.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-08-30
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307700148

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2011-08-30
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307700148

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