A Shooting at Chateau Rock

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RICH ON LOCAL COLOUR THE TIMES

DOLLOPS OF THE GOOD LIFE IN RURAL FRANCE SPICED UP WITH INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE IRISH INDEPENDENT

UNRIVALLED AT INTERWEAVING THE PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE PURSUITS OF A THOROUGHLY LIKABLE COP DAILY MAIL

Following the funeral of a local farmer, Bruno gets a phone call from his son. He tells Bruno that before his fathers sudden death, he had signed over his property to an insurance company in return for a subscription to a luxury retirement home. Bruno discovers that both the retirement home and the insurance company are scams with links to a Russian oligarch whose dealings are already being tracked by the French police.

Meanwhile an aging British rock star is selling his home, Chateau Rock. The stars son returns for the summer with his Russian girlfriend. As Bruno pursues his inquiries into the farmers death and the stolen inheritance, he learns that the oligarch is none other than the girlfriends father. Brunos talents are tested to the limit as he untangles a Gordian Knot of criminality that reaches as far as the Kremlin.

But luckily Bruno still has time to cook delicious meals for his friends and enjoy the life of his beloved Dordogne. Whats more, love is in the air. His pedigree basset, Balzac, is old enough to breed. Bruno heads for the kennels where a suitable beauty, Diane de Poitiers, is ready and waiting for Balzacs attentions...