The Children Return: A Mystery of the French Countryside [Paperback]

The ninth installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.

Bruno’s village of St. Denis has been called many things, but a hotbed of international intrigue has never been one of them . . .  until now. When an undercover agent is found murdered just as a prodigal son is set to retun from a grim tour in the Middle East, the small town suddenly finds itself host to a determined global tribunal, threatening the usual cheer brought by St. Denis’s annual wine festival.

With clever twists and action aplenty,The Children Returnis a journey to St. Denis that readers won’t soon forget.

“Nicely crafted with sensitivity and humor,The Children Returnis tailor-made for fans of Peter Mayle, Colin Cotterill and Alexander McCall Smith. —BookPage
 
“Bruno Courrèges may be France’s  ... answer to dapper James Bond.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
 
 “A [plot] as volatile as Bruno’spot au feu.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“[Walker’s] juxtaposition of the serene and the darker arts reminds us not to forget to smell the roses.”—The Post and Courier(Charleston, SC)
 
“A solid mystery, with the ever-fascinating character of Bruno at the helm.” —Booklist 

“A cozy village mystery needn’t be quaint, and in his blissful novels about Bruno Courrèges . . . Martin Walker . . . manages to balance the idyllic charms of his fictional village with substantive issues of concern to Bruno’s neighbors.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“In Martin Walker’s delightful series . . . the charm of rural France is regularly disrupted—but not too much.” —The Seattle Times
 
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