A Chateau Under Siege - Couverture rigide

Walker, Martin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593319818 ISBN 13 : 9780593319819

Editeur : Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2023

Synopsis

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, ostensibly in town for a reunion. One friend from Taiwan, a tycoon in chip fabrication, soon goes missing, and Bruno suspects there may be a link to the French government's efforts to build a chip industry in Europe--something powerful forces in Russia and China are determined to scuttle. Wading through a tangle of rivalries and secrets, Bruno begins to parse fact from fiction--while also becoming embroiled in some romantic complications, and, of course, finding time to put together some splendid meals.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

MARTIN WALKER, after a long career of working in international journalism and for think tanks, now gardens, cooks, explores vineyards, writes, and travels. His series of novels featuring Bruno, Chief of Police, are best sellers in Europe and have been translated into eighteen languages. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and the Dordogne.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593319818
• ISBN 13: 9780593319819
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 289
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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