By Martin Walker
The 1st installment in a superb new sequence that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village the place the rituals of the café nonetheless rule. Bruno -- as he's affectionately nicknamed -- could be the town's purely municipal policeman, yet within the hearts and minds of its denizens, he's leader of police.
Bruno is a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and gradual rhythms of state lifestyles -- residing in his restored shepherd's cottage; patronizing the weekly industry; sparring with, and primarily ignoring, the ecu Union bureaucrats from Brussels. He has a gun yet by no means wears it; he has the ability to arrest yet by no means makes use of it. yet then the homicide of an aged North African who fought within the French military adjustments every little thing and galvanizes Bruno's consciousness: the guy used to be stumbled on with a swastika carved into his chest.
Because of the case's capability political ramifications, a tender policewoman is distributed from Paris to assist Bruno along with his research. the 2 instantly suspect militants from the anti-immigrant nationwide entrance, but if a traveling pupil is helping to untangle the lifeless man's prior, Bruno's suspicions flip towards a extra advanced intent. His research attracts him into one of many darkest chapters of French heritage -- international conflict II, a time of terror and betrayal that set brother opposed to brother. Bruno quickly discovers that even his doubtless ideal nook of l. a. belle France isn't really exempt from that period's sinister legacy.
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C’mon,” I said, leading him into my office suite, otherwise known as my dining room. “Have a seat,” I said, gesturing to the dining table. Howard started for a chair, and I screeched in dismay. “Hey! ” I scooped my cat Prozac off the chair Howard was about to sit in and tossed her in the kitchen. She glared at me balefully, then got revenge by leaping on top of the dryer, onto a pile of freshly folded laundry. I turned to Howard and smiled my most encouraging smile. “So. ” He blinked, as if hearing this news for the first time.
Finally, I flipped to the news—just in time to see a skinny guy with a bobbing Adam’s apple being taken into police custody. Wait a minute. I knew that skinny guy. It was Howard Murdoch. I sat up straight in bed. What the heck was Howard doing in police custody? The TV reporter obligingly filled me in. My mild-mannered client, a guy so timid he was probably afraid of Count Chocula, was being arrested for the grisly murder of Westside aerobics instructor Stacy Lawrence. ” I sat across from Howard in the visitors’ room of the county jail, a stark, fluorescent-lit cavern that smelled like old oatmeal.
1622 Bentley. ” Five minutes later, I was on the freeway, heading over to Westwood. I wanted to talk to Stacy’s neighbor in Apartment Seven, the lady who’d heard Howard screaming. If she heard Howard, maybe she’d heard something else, something that would point me in the direction of the true killer. Wait a minute, you’re probably asking yourself. I’m a freelance writer, right? I. Warshawski? That’s just what I was asking myself that day as I headed over to Stacy’s place. What on earth did I think I was doing?