The Dark Vineyard: A Mystery of the French Countryside

The second installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Bruno, Chief of Police.

When a bevy of winemakers descend on Saint-Denis, competing for its land and spurring resentment among the villagers, the idyllic town--where Benoit "Bruno" Courreges is the town's only policeman--finds itself the center of an intense drama, with suspicious fires at the agricultural research station that is working on genetically-modified crops.

Two young men--Max, an environmentalist who hopes to make organic wine, and Fernando, the heir to an American wine fortune--become rivals for the affections of Jacqueline, a flirtatious, newly arrived Qu b coise student of wine. 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.

Captivating...Sure to appeal to readers with a palate for mysteries with social nuance and understated charm. --The Wall Street Journal

A gentle reminder to slow down and smell the grapes.... Walker] beguiles the reader. --The New York Tiems Book Review

The real pleasure of the book is the place itself.... As readers are drawn into wine-stomping parties, truffle omelet dinners, and the aged dignity of a French hunting hound, the narrative tension gathers. --Houston Chronicle


Author: Martin Walker
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/26/2011
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.30w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780307454713
ISBN10: 0307454711
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Cozy | Culinary
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Small Town & Rural

About the Author
MARTIN WALKER is a senior fellow of the Global Business Policy Council, a private think tank based in Washington, D.C. He is also editor in chief emeritus and international affairs columnist at United Press International. His previous novels in the Bruno series are Black Diamond; Bruno, Chief of Police; The Children Return; The Crowded Grave; The Dark Vineyard; The Devil's Cave; Fatal Pursuit; The Patriarch; and The Resistance Man, all international best sellers. He lives in Washington, D.C., and the Dordogne.