BRUNO'S CHALLENGE & OTHER DORDOGNE TALES

With titles like The Chocolate War, The Birthday Lunch, Oystercatcher, A Market Tale and Fifty Million Bubbles, you may be sure that champagne and gastronomy will feature as well as cosy crime in Dangerous Vacation. A bumper collection of delightful stories featuring Bruno, Chief of Police, France's favourite cop, all the stories are set in the beautiful Dordogne valley and the ravishing Périgord region of southwest France with its lush hillsides and spreading vineyards, delicious local wines and world-renowned cuisine. Bruno strides through the tales staying calm, settling local disputes, and keeping safe his beloved town of St Denis. On only one occasion does he panic when his friend Ivan, proprietor and chef of the town's popular eatery, suddenly collapses on the eve of a large anniversary dinner and asks Bruno to take over the restaurant. Can he save the day? 272pp in large format softback with fairly large print.