A Chateau Under Siege: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel

Author(s)/Editor(s): Walker, Martin - - Binding: QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKSYearMonthDay of Publication: 20240716Standardized Book Category: Mystery & Detective - International Crime & MysteryLanguage: EnglishPage Count: 00304Large Print? : N Publisher Marketing: When an actor in a local play is attacked during a performance, Bruno must learn whether it was an accident, a crime of passion, or an assassination attempt with implications far beyond the small French village. The town of Sarlat is staging a reenactment of its liberation from the British in the Hundred Years War when the play's French hero, Brice Kerquelin, is stabbed and feared fatally wounded. Is it an unfortunate prop malfunction--or something more sinister? The stricken man happens to be number two in the French intelligence service, in line for the top job. Bruno is tasked with the safety of the victim's daughters, Claire and Nadia, as well as their father's old Silicon Valley buddies, oste