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Black diamond

In the wake of attacks on local Asian vendors and an increase in black-market ingredients that threaten the Dordogne's lucrative truffle trade, Chief of Police Bruno finds the case taking a personal turn when one of his hunting partners, a former high-profile intelligence agent, is murdered.

Main Author: Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Series: Bruno series. 3.
Subjects:
Police chiefs > France > Fiction.
Truffles > Fiction.
Smuggling > Fiction.
Country life > France > Fiction.
France > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > France.
Summary: In the wake of attacks on local Asian vendors and an increase in black-market ingredients that threaten the Dordogne's lucrative truffle trade, Chief of Police Bruno finds the case taking a personal turn when one of his hunting partners, a former high-profile intelligence agent, is murdered.
Physical Description: 297 p. : map ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780307700148 (alk. paper)
0307700143 (alk. paper)
Author Notes: Martin Walker is a senior fellow of the Global Business Policy Council, a private think tank for CEOs of major corporations, based in Washington, D.C.

Walker is also editor in chief emeritus and international affairs columnist at United Press International and the author of the Bruno series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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