Bruno, chief of police
Author:
NoveList Series:
Bruno Courreges mysteries volume 1.
Series:
Bruno Courreges mysteries volume 1
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Pub. Date:
2010
Edition:
1st Vintage Books ed
Language:
English
Description
The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno—as he is affectionately nicknamed—may be the town’s only municipal policeman, but in the hearts and minds of its denizens, he is chief of police.
Bruno is a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life—living in his restored shepherd’s cottage; patronizing the weekly market; sparring with, and basically ignoring, the European Union bureaucrats from Brussels. He has a gun but never wears it; he has the power to arrest but never uses it. But then the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes everything and galvanizes Bruno’s attention: the man was found with a swastika carved into his chest.
Because of the case’s potential political ramifications, a young policewoman is sent from Paris to aid Bruno with his investigation. The two immediately suspect militants from the anti-immigrant National Front, but when a visiting scholar helps to untangle the dead man’s past, Bruno’s suspicions turn toward a more complex motive. His investigation draws him into one of the darkest chapters of French history—World War II, a time of terror and betrayal that set brother against brother. Bruno soon discovers that even his seemingly perfect corner of la belle France is not exempt from that period’s sinister legacy.
Bruno, Chief of Police is deftly dark, mesmerizing, and totally engaging.
Bruno is a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life—living in his restored shepherd’s cottage; patronizing the weekly market; sparring with, and basically ignoring, the European Union bureaucrats from Brussels. He has a gun but never wears it; he has the power to arrest but never uses it. But then the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes everything and galvanizes Bruno’s attention: the man was found with a swastika carved into his chest.
Because of the case’s potential political ramifications, a young policewoman is sent from Paris to aid Bruno with his investigation. The two immediately suspect militants from the anti-immigrant National Front, but when a visiting scholar helps to untangle the dead man’s past, Bruno’s suspicions turn toward a more complex motive. His investigation draws him into one of the darkest chapters of French history—World War II, a time of terror and betrayal that set brother against brother. Bruno soon discovers that even his seemingly perfect corner of la belle France is not exempt from that period’s sinister legacy.
Bruno, Chief of Police is deftly dark, mesmerizing, and totally engaging.
Subjects
Subjects
Country life
Country life -- France, Southwest -- Fiction
Crimes against
Detective and mystery fiction
France, Southwest -- Fiction
North Africans
North Africans -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Police chiefs
Police chiefs -- France, Southwest -- Fiction
Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction
Country life -- France, Southwest -- Fiction
Crimes against
Detective and mystery fiction
France, Southwest -- Fiction
North Africans
North Africans -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Police chiefs
Police chiefs -- France, Southwest -- Fiction
Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction
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9780307454690
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9780307270177
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North Africans -- Crimes against -- Fiction
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction
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Police chiefs
Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945
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Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945
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