BRUNO, CHIEF OF POLICE  by Martin Walker

August, , 2012

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Born January 23, 1947 (some sources say 1949), in Durham, England; Education: Balliol College, Oxford, M.A. (with first-class honors), 1969; graduate study at Harvard University. Politics: "Libertarian anti-fascist." Religion: "Vague." Military/Wartime Service: Royal Air Force cadet, pilot, 1960- 65. Memberships: National Union of Journalists, Royal Institute of International Affairs. Addresses: Home: Washington, DC, and France. Office: 3462 Macomb St. NW, Washington, DC

Journalist. Affiliated with Johannesburg Star and Newscheck, both in South Africa; speechwriter for U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie, 1970-71; Guardian, Manchester, England, reporter, columnist, and foreign correspondent, beginning 1972, Moscow bureau chief, 1983-88, U.S. bureau chief, Washington, DC, 1989-98; United Press International, chief international correspondent, c. 1998--, editor, worked for three years, then editor emeritus and international affairs columnist; Global Business Policy Council

"Bruno, Chief of Police” series

1. Bruno, chief of police ( 2009)

When the murdered body of an elderly French army soldier is found with a swastika carved into his chest, Bruno turns his suspicions toward a tortured period of French history when the government turned on its own citizens to help the Germans wage war.

2. The dark vineyard: a case for Bruno, Chief of Police ( 2009)

Bruno, the town's only municipal policeman, rushes to the scene when a research station for genetically modified crops is burned down outside Saint-Denis. Bruno immediately suspects a group of fervent environmentalists who live nearby, but the fire is only the first in a string of incidents centering on the region's fertile soil

3. Black diamond: a case for Bruno, Chief of Police ( 2010)

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

4. The crowded grave: a case for Bruno, Chief of Police ( 2011)

Welcoming the return of spring in his idyllic French village, chief of police Bruno Courráeges investigates a local murder at an archaeological dig site that is complicated by an animal rights clash and an international summit.

Other Novels:

The Infiltrators, Dial, 1978.

A Mercenary Calling, Doubleday , 1980.

The Eastern Question, Hart-Davis, 1981.

The Caves of Perigord, Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Series Read-alikes:

Jesse Stone mysteries by Robert B. Parker

Reason: About the police chief of a town on the Massachusetts coast.

Kevin Kerney mysteries by Michael McGarrity

Reason: About a retired chief of detectives in Santa Fe.

Judd Wheeler mysteries by Richard W. Helms

Reason:  About the police chief of a small town in Ontario, Canada

Greek mysteries by  Jeffrey Siger

Reason:  About a young police chief on Mykonos

Louis Morgon mysteries by Peter Steiner

Reason:  An ex-CIA operative teams up with a local gendarme in rural France.

Divine mysteries by Cristina Sumners

Reason:  About the police chief of Harton, New Jersey.

Death in Dordogne mysteries by Michelle Wan

Reason:  Set their in rural Southwestern France with complex plots that unfold at a leisurely pace, and are filled with descriptions of food, culture and life in rural France.

Title Read-alikes:

Two o'clock, eastern wartime by John Dunning

Reason:  A scriptwriter investigates an unsolved murder during WWII.

The vintage caper by Peter Mayle

Reason:  A former lawyer follows lead to Provence on the trail of a wine thief.

Author’s Website:  www.brunochiefofpolice.com