The Dark Vineyard: A Novel of the French Countryside [Kindle Edition] Author: Martin Walker | Language: English | ISBN:
B0036S4D10 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Download books file now Download The Dark Vineyard: A Novel of the French Countryside from mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link In this riveting sequel to Martin Walker’s internationally acclaimed novel Bruno, Chief of Police, some of France’s great pleasures—wine, passion and intrigue—converge in a dark chain of events that threaten the peaceful village of Saint-Denis.
Benoît (Bruno) Courrèges—devoted friend, cuisinier extraordinaire and the town’s only municipal policeman—rushes to the scene when a research station for genetically modified crops is burned down outside Saint-Denis. Bruno immediately suspects a group of fervent environmentalists who live nearby, but the fire is only the first in a string of mysteries centering on the region’s fertile soil.
Then a bevy of winemakers descends on Saint-Denis, competing for its land and spurring resentment among the villagers. Romances blossom. Hearts are broken. Some of the sensual pleasures of the town—a dinner of a truffle omelette and grilled bécasses, a community grape-crushing—provide an opportunity for both warm friendship and bitter hostilities to form. The town’s rivals—Max, an environmentalist who hopes to make organic wine; Jacqueline, a flirtatious, newly arrivedQuébécoise; and Fernando, the heir to an American wine fortune—act increasingly erratically. Events grow ever darker, culminating in two suspicious deaths, and Bruno finds that the problems of the present are never far from those of the past.
A splendid mystery—and a delectable serving of the pleasures of France.
Bonus material! Martin Walker is often asked by his readers for vacation recommendations in the area where his best-selling series is set. In "A Perfect Weekend in Perigord," Walker shares his itinerary for an ideal vacation in this picturesque region.
This edition also includes an excerpt from Martin Walker's The Devil's Cave. Direct download links available for Download The Dark Vineyard: A Novel of the French Countryside [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 2357 KB
- Print Length: 321 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0307270181
- Publisher: Vintage; 1 edition (June 29, 2010)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0036S4D10
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,762 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
Bruno is back! I missed him terribly. Martin Walker's vividly etched character and the charming French countryside town of Saint-Denis won my heart in "Bruno, Chief of Police." Immediately addicted, I joined both mystery fans and armchair-tourists worldwide in eagerly awaiting the second in what we could only hope would soon become an endless series of Bruno-based novels. Why then did the publisher not include Bruno's name somewhere in the title/subtitle of this excellent sequel? From a branding and marketing perspective, it made no sense.
But that's a trifling complaint compared to the riches "The Dark Vineyard" offers both the senses and a curious mind. Walker doesn't disappoint. Once again, he's created a novel that is sensuous and suspense-filled as it is inviting and informative. By the last chapter (which, I confess, my pent-up curiosity demanded I peek at), I had effortlessly become knowledgeable about the hotly debated GMO controversy, international trade and economics, oenology, crime scene investigations, the art of the truffle omelette, French law, corporate espionage, the universality of local politics, and, most acutely observed, human nature. "Bruno wondered whether it was the policeman in him that made him so interested in how other people presented themselves to others. In his own experience, and indeed in his own case, what the public saw was often very different from the real person, but it was full of useful clues about the way the person would truly like to be. Bruno would love to be as calm and self-confident as he had taught himself to seem, and to be even a fraction as wise and patient as he sought to be appear."
Thanks to my new Kindle I didn't have to wait for the U.S. hardcover release.
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