The Crowded Grave

Author: Martin Walker
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307958590
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Another delightful installment in the internationally acclaimed series featuring Bruno, Chief of Police: It’s spring in the idyllic village of St. Denis, and for Chief of Police Bruno Courrèges that means lamb stews, bottles of his beloved Pomerol, morning walks with his hound, Gigi, and a new string of regional crimes and international capers. When a local archaeological team searching for Neanderthal remains turns up a corpse with a watch on its wrist and a bullet in its head, it’s up to Bruno to solve the case. But the task will not be easy, not with a meddlesome new magistrate, a series of attacks by animal rights activists on local foie gras producers, and a summit between France and Spain approaching—not to mention two beautiful, brilliant women vying for Bruno’s affections.

Bruno, Chief of Police

Author: Martin Walker
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307271463
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
The first installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno. Meet Benoît Courrèges, aka Bruno, a policeman in a small village in the South of France. He’s a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life. He has a gun but never wears it; he has the power to arrest but never uses it. But then the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes all that. Now Bruno must balance his beloved routines—living in his restored shepherd’s cottage, shopping at the local market, drinking wine, strolling the countryside—with a politically delicate investigation. He’s paired with a young policewoman from Paris and the two suspect anti-immigrant militants. As they learn more about the dead man’s past, Bruno’s suspicions turn toward a more complex motive. "Enjoyable.... Martin Walker plots with the same finesse with which Bruno can whip up a truffle omelette, and both have a clear appreciation for a life tied to the land." —The Christian Science Monitor "A nice literary pairing with the slow-food movement.... [It is] lovely...to linger at the table." —Entertainment Weekly "A wonderfully crafted novel as satisfying as a French pastry but with none of the guilt or calories." —Tuscon Citizen's Journal

The Devil's Cave

Author: Martin Walker
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 038534953X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
Another delightful installment in the internationally acclaimed series: It's spring in St. Denis. The village choir is preparing for its Easter concert, the wildflowers are blooming, and among the lazy whorls of the river a dead woman is found floating in a boat. This means another case for Bruno, the town’s cherished chief of police. With the discovery of sinister markings and black candles near the body, it seems to Bruno that the occult might be involved. And as questions mount—most notably about a troubling real estate proposal in the region and the sudden reappearance of an elderly countess—Bruno and his colleagues are drawn ever closer to a climactic showdown in the Gouffre de Colombac: the place locals call the Devil’s Cave.

Crowded Grave

Author: Martin Walker
Publisher: HarperWeekend
ISBN: 9781443409438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When a local archaeological dig looking for early human remains near the town of St-Denis turns up a distinctly contemporary corpse, Bruno has a new case to solve. The stakes are raised by an escalating series of attacks on local foie gras producers, an upcoming summit between the French and Spanish governments, and two women vying for Bruno’s affections.

Second Grave on the Left

Author: Darynda Jones
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429987669
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
Second Grave on the Left is the second installment in Darynda Jones' award-winning paranormal series that's "hilarious and heartfelt, sexy and surprising." (J.R. Ward) When Charley Davidson and Cookie (her best friend/receptionist) have to track down a missing woman, the case isn’t as open and shut as they anticipate. A friend of Cookie's named Mimi disappeared five days earlier. The case turns cryptic as the only clue to Mimi's disappearance is a woman's name scrawled on the bathroom wall of a coffee shop. Meanwhile, Reyes Alexander Farrow (otherwise known as the Son of Satan. Yes. Literally) has left his corporeal body and is haunting Charley. He's left his body because he's being tortured by demons who want to lure Charley closer. But Reyes can't let that happen. Because if the demons get to Charley, they'll have a portal to heaven. And if they have a portal to heaven...well, let's just say it wouldn't be pretty. Will Charley make it out unscathed, or will the forces of darkness overshadow her? Will the strength of Charley's steaming cup of determination be enough to tide her over the menacing storm?

Denying to the Grave

Author: Sara E. Gorman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199396604
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
In Denying to the Grave, authors Sara and Jack Gorman explore the psychology of health science denial. Using several examples of such denial as test cases, they propose seven key principles that may lead individuals to reject "accepted" health-related wisdom.

Crowded Grave, the - Proof

Author: Martin Walker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780857389794
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372

Book Description

The Crowded Grave

Author: Martin Walker
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
ISBN: 9780307700193
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
Welcoming the return of spring in his idyllic French village, inimitable chief of police Bruno Courrèges investigates a local murder at an archaeological digsite that is complicated by an animal rights clash, an international summit and the affections of two beautiful women. 20,000 first printing.

The Crowded Grave

Author: Martin Walker
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781780876740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Bruno's day has not started well. A summit to be held in a local château is threatened by Basque separatists, and animal rights campaigners are causing havoc. Up to his ears with ETA and PETA, he's not even had time for lunch. And it's about to get worse. A local archaeological team unearths a well-preserved skeleton. Yet it's a lot more recent than they'd hoped - boasting a Swatch on its wrist and a bullet-hole in its skull. With an influx of visitors making Saint Denis almost as crowded as the excavation's grave, the key appears to lie with one of these outsiders. Bruno must think fast and keep his wits about him. Especially as the answer may lie a little closer to home.

Grave Surprise

Author: Charlaine Harris
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101205776
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
Psychic sleuth Harper Connelly travels to Memphis and ends up involved in a case of murder times three in this mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. At the request of anthropology professor Clyde Nunley, Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver come to Memphis, Tennessee, to demonstrate her unique talent—in an old cemetery. Nunley is skeptical, even after Harper senses—and finds—two bodies in the grave beneath her feet. One of a man centuries-dead. The other, a young girl, recently deceased, whom Harper had once tried, and failed, to locate. But Harper’s new investigation into the crime yields yet another surprise: the next morning, a third body is found—in the very same grave...