![]() I found Death in the Dordogne easy to read. I will be reading more books from this series I wish they would make it into a tv series where we could escape into the beautiful French countryside and it's way of life and enjoy a good detective story as well. The main character Bruno the policeman was a joy, as was reading the book it was a complete escape from our Covid world. I loved the portrayal of the peaceful French hamlet which was majorly changed when a grisly murder takes place. This book gave me great pleasure to read. I found the twist in the plot at the end about who had committed the murder well thought out and unexpected. The WW2 history was interesting and the descriptions of the area and the food and wine gave an insight into life into rural France albeit probably a little romanticised. It was well written and an easy read and you couldn't help but like Bruno. Sadly not one for me although I know I am not in the majority here! I would give it a 4 out of 10 as it was a relatively easy read. As I have zero interest in food and alcohol I found the emphasis on that throughout, and the concentration on women's appearance and attractiveness, quite tedious and the progress of the investigation too slow. I found this book very bland and it was difficult to get really engaged with either the characters or the storyline. I’d like to know more about the history underpinning this story as I was unaware of this and would also read more in this series. I enjoyed the storyline, and thought that the ending was appropriate. I found the characters engaging and the writing evoked the setting very clearly - I could picture the village and the French culture. Now it’s up to him to find the killer – but will the people of St Denis allow him to go digging through the past in order to do it? Tweet ![]() But Bruno isn’t convinced, and suspects this crime may have its roots in that most tortured period of recent French history – the Second World War, a time of terror and betrayal that set brother against brother. When an old man, head of an immigrant North African family, is found murdered, suspicion falls on the son of the local doctor, found in flagrante playing sex games surrounded by Nazi paraphernalia. Police Captain Bruno Courreges supports their resistance.Īlthough, here in what was once Vichy France, words like ‘Gestapo’ and ‘resistance’ still carry a profound resonance. Market day in the ancient town of St Denis in south-west France.ĮU hygiene inspectors have been swooping on France’s markets, while the locals hide contraband cheese in their houses and call the Brussels bureaucrats ‘Gestapo’. Buy this book from .uk to support The Reading Agency and local bookshops at no additional cost to you.
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