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Title:
The body in the castle well : a Bruno, chief of police novel
Series Number:
12.
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.
General Note:
Sequel to: A taste for vengeance.
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
333 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Geographic Term:
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf,
Publication Date:
2019
ISBN:
9780525519980
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019]

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Call Number:
WALKER
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