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The Coldest Case

The Dordogne Mysteries 14

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The Coldest Case

By: Martin Walker
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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About this listen

 'Evocative descriptions of the Perigord ... distinctive characters ... intricate mystery. Readers new to this series will feel right at home' Publishers Weekly starred review

Capturing the magic of the Dordogne and its people, the Dordogne Mysteries are worldwide bestsellers. Featuring Bruno, France's favourite policeman, along with gourmet food and wine, local colour, sunshine and murder mystery, no wonder they are so popular.

Bruno Courreges is Chief of Police of the lovely town of St Denis in the Dordogne. His main wish is to keep the local people safe and his town free from crime. But crime has a way of finding its way to him.

For thirty years, Bruno's boss, Chief of Detectives Jalipeau, known as J-J, has been obsessed with his first case. It was never solved and Bruno knows that this failure continues to haunt J-J. A young male body was found in the woods near St Denis and never identified. For all these years, -J has kept the skull as a reminder. He calls him 'Oscar'.

Visiting the famous pre-history museum in nearby Les Eyzies, Bruno sees some amazingly life-like heads expertly reconstructed from ancient skulls. He suggests performing a similar reconstruction on Oscar as a first step towards at last identifying him. An expert is hired to start the reconstruction and the search for Oscar's killer begins again in earnest.

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Critic reviews

It's a delight to dip into his sun soaked world (Observer)
Walker weaves an exciting story against a backdrop of bucolic bliss
It's Midsomer Murders meets MasterChef flavoured with espionage, dog breeding and veganism
Walker's strength lies in his ability to bring out the character and charm of the region and interlace this with a strong plot that carries an equal sense of time and place
New readers to the series can comfortably start here - Walker has the rare ability in a series writer of orienting old and new readers alike. A feast
All stars
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A most enjoyable story with uncomfortable realism of a great fire in the Perigord together with many mouth watering recipes and wine tastings!

Compelling story

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Enjoyable, topical, interesting and well written. one of the best in the series so far.

a good read....

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I really enjoyed this book and could not put it down. Bruno is one of my favourite literary characters. The reading was excellently done as usual.

Another enjoyable Bruno book

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I enjoyed this latest book as much as I have the previous books in this series. Hopefully Martin Walker will keep the Bruno stories coming along.

Did not disappoint

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"The Coldest Case" may be my favourite book of the series - a great mystery and fascinating insights into French history and politics. What an absolute treat!

Favourite book of the series.

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