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Martin Walker is a prize-winning journalist and the author of several acclaimed works of non-fiction, including The Cold War: A History. He lives in the Dordogne and Washington, DC.If you're looking for some <b>engaging entertainment</b> as a beach read or for a wet afternoon then you're unlikely to go far wrong
Bookbag
The <b>irresistible</b> Bruno ... leaping up mountains and plunging into caves as he prevents various ingenious crimes and plots from upsetting the traditional way of life in St Denis
Literary Review
A <b>page turning </b>thriller ... <b>well crafted</b> and enjoyable
Tribune
Makes for <b>pleasant holiday reading</b> with its panoramic picture of life in all those Dordogne towns and hamlets
Shotsmag
The book's darker edges are balanced out by <b>a likeable main character</b> and Walker's obvious <b>love for and understanding of French country life</b> is obvious in every page
Irish Examiner
<b>Walker's finest yet</b>, a first-rate mystery
Entertainment Weekly
'WALKER'S FINEST YET ... A FIRST-RATE MYSTERY' - Entertainment Weekly
Bruno, Chief of Police, investigates when a body is found floating in the river showing marks of Satanism. France's favourite cop must track down a murderer while quelling his town's superstitious fears in this page-turning mystery, part of an internationally bestselling series.
It is springtime France's Périgord, a time of beauty and calm. But not for Bruno, chief of police of the small town of St Denis. A woman's body has been found on a boat, bearing signs of a black magic ritual.
Bruno has too much on his plate as it is - mediating a domestic abuse case that needs careful handling and a dodgy local development proposal that seems just too good to be true.
But a murder case must take precedent and the roots of this one lie buried deep in the past - linked to a chateau above a bend in the river, to the reclusive old woman who lives there, and to the secret hidden in the Devil's Cave.