The Shooting at Chateau Rock: A Bruno, Chief of Police NovelThis installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno will take all of Bruno's resolve and quick thinking to untangle a mystery that will reach its deadly denouement at the château of an aging rock star. But in true Bruno fashion, at least lunchtime is never in danger. It’s summer in the Dordogne and the heirs of a modest sheep farmer learn that they have been disinherited. Their father’s estate has been sold to an insurance company in return for a policy that will place him in a five-star retirement home for the rest of his life. But the farmer dies before he can move in. Was it a natural death? Or was there foul play? Chief of Police Bruno Courrèges is soon on the case, embarking on an investigation that will lead him to several shadowy insurance companies owned by a Russian oligarch with a Cypriot passport. The arrival of the oligarch’s daughter in the Périgord only further complicates one of Bruno’s toughest cases yet. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 15 |
Section 3 | 25 |
Section 4 | 34 |
Section 5 | 43 |
Section 6 | 54 |
Section 7 | 62 |
Section 8 | 70 |
Section 17 | 162 |
Section 18 | 173 |
Section 19 | 184 |
Section 20 | 191 |
Section 21 | 202 |
Section 22 | 212 |
Section 23 | 220 |
Section 24 | 228 |
Section 9 | 78 |
Section 10 | 93 |
Section 11 | 101 |
Section 12 | 113 |
Section 13 | 121 |
Section 14 | 130 |
Section 15 | 138 |
Section 16 | 150 |
Section 25 | 240 |
Section 26 | 251 |
Section 27 | 263 |
Section 28 | 271 |
Section 29 | 283 |
Section 30 | 294 |
Other editions - View all
The Shooting at Chateau Rock: A Mystery of the French Countryside Martin Walker Limited preview - 2021 |
The Shooting at Chateau Rock: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel Martin Walker No preview available - 2020 |
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