Martin Walker: A Taste for Vengeance (USA 2019)

From the publisher:
Another delightful installment in the internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno: When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in the idyllic village in the south of France that Bruno Courrèges calls home, the chief of police is quickly on the case.

Monika Felder is nowhere to be found, and her husband, a retired British general, is unreachable. Not long after Bruno discovers that Monika was traveling with a mysterious Irishman with a background in intelligence, the two turn up dead. Was she running away? How much does her husband really know? Meanwhile, the star of the girls' rugby team is pregnant, jeopardizing her chances of being named to the French national squad. Bruno's search for the truth in both cases leads him in some unexpected directions -- but as ever, he and his friends find time along the way to savor the culinary delights of the region.

Martin Walker: A Taste for Vengeance. A Mystery of the French Countryside. Vintage Books, ISBN: 9780525435716 (June, 2019), 335 p., $16.00.

Martin Walker: A Taste for Vengeance (UK 2019)

From the publisher:
In this eleventh addition to a beguiling and bestselling series, Bruno wonders which he's most afraid of -- a death squad loose in the woods or teaching a cookery class to the tourists who flock to his beloved Dordogne

Bruno, now Chief of Police for the whole Vézère valley, has an unusual challenge to rise to: teaching at his friend Pamela's new cookery school. It is a daunting prospect -- the disappearance of one of the school's pupils almost serves as a welcome distraction.

When the woman's body is discovered in one half of a double homicide, the evidence points to something far out of the ordinary. The other murder victim is a man, covered in combat scars and with a false passport. Investigations reveal a list of enemies as long as Bruno's arm. Any one of them would have had good reason to kill him -- but which group managed it? And how did they find him?

As more of their mystery man's previous life is revealed, Bruno realizes that there may be more intended victims in the vicinity. Now he must conduct the biggest manhunt in St Denis' history to find the killers before they strike again.

Martin Walker: A Taste for Vengeance. A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel. Quercus, ISBN: 9781786486158 (March, 2019), 368 p., £8.99.

Martin Walker: A Taste for Vengeance (USA 2018)

From the publisher:
When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in the idyllic village in the south of France that Bruno Courrèges calls home, the chief of police is quickly on the case. Monika Felder is nowhere to be found, and her husband, a retired British general, is unreachable. Not long after Bruno discovers that Monika was traveling with a mysterious Irishman with a background in intelligence, the two turn up dead. Was she running away? How much does her husband really know? Meanwhile, the star of the girls' rugby team is pregnant, jeopardizing her chances of being named to the French national squad. Bruno's search for the truth in both cases leads him in some unexpected directions -- but as ever, he and his friends find time along the way to savor the culinary delights of the region.

Martin Walker: A Taste for Vengeance. A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel. Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN: 9780525519966 (June, 2018), 335 p., $25.95.

Martin Walker: A Taste for Vengeance (UK 2018)

From the publisher:
Bruno, now Chief of Police for the whole Vézère valley, has an unusual challenge to rise to: teaching at his friend Pamela's new cookery school. It is a daunting prospect -- the disappearance of one of the school's pupils almost serves as a welcome distraction.

When the woman's body is discovered in one half of a double homicide, the evidence points to something far out of the ordinary. The other murder victim is a man, covered in combat scars and with a false passport. Investigations reveal a list of enemies as long as Bruno's arm. Any one of them would have had good reason to kill him -- but which group managed it? And how did they find him?

As more of their mystery man's previous life is revealed, Bruno realizes that there may be more intended victims in the vicinity. Now he must conduct the biggest manhunt in St Denis' history to find the killers before they strike again.

Martin Walker: A Taste for Vengeance. A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel. Quercus, ISBN: 9781786486110 (June, 2018), 368 p., £18.99.