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Walker's finest yet , a first-rate mystery Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Paperback edition of the case for Bruno, Chief of Police, set in the French town of St Denis. A woman's body is found on a boat, showing signs of a black magic ritual. 'A page-turning thriller... well crafted and enjoyable' Denis McShane, "Tribune" A body is found showing marks of Satanism. Bruno, chef de police must track down a murderer while quelling his town's superstitious fears in the fifth book in this internationally bestselling series Zusammenfassung '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.
