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c2008., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: MYS Fic Wal Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Bruno mysteries Volume: 1Summary Note: "A wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, affectionately nicknamed Bruno, the chief of police in a small French village in the South of France where the rituals of the café still rule. Meet Bruno, a former soldier who has of late embraced the slow rhythms of country life - his restored farmhouse, the weekly market, sparring with (and basically ignoring) the European Union bureaucrats from Brussels. But the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army galvanizes Bruno's attention: the man was found with a swastika carved into his chest. Bruno immediately suspects militants from the anti-immigrant National Front, and is soon aided by a young policewoman sent from Paris because of the potential political ramifications. But when a visiting scholar helps untangle the dead man's past, Bruno's suspicions soon turn toward a more complex motive than mere hate, back to a tortured period of French history - World War II, when the Vichy government turned on its own citizens to help the Germans wage war. It was a time of terror and betrayal that set brother against brother, a time that cast a shadow that reaches even to Bruno's seemingly perfect corner of la belle France."--Publisher.
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2014, c2013., General, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Call No: MYS Fic Wal Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Bruno mysteries Volume: 6Summary Note: Bruno, chief of police in the rural French town of St. Denis, can't get a moment's peace. He's uncovered a cache of WWII-era banknotes on the deathbed of a member of the French Resistance and is also dealing with a wave of major local burglaries. The targets include the recently retired head of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee, which brings Bruno's old flame Isabelle back to St-Denis, and into his heart. The next burglary ends in murder: the victim's bludgeoned body is found by his lover, who becomes the prime suspect. But Bruno suspects there is more in play...
