The crowded grave

Description

Life in south-west rural France is not the sleepy idyll you might suppose. Local duck and goose farms are being attacked by animal rights protestors attempting to halt the production of foie gras. A senior policeman has been shot by terrorists believed to be the Basque Separatists of ETA. And if that weren't enough, a group of students have just unearthed a 'modern' skeleton during a dig at one of the ancient sites of this famous region and home to pre-historic man - a dig that has brought an influx of foreigners to the Dordogne. It is up to Chief of Police Bruno Courreges to get to the bottom of these seemingly unrelated events.

Description

Bruno's day has not started well: an international summit to be held in a local chateau is being threatened by Basque separatists, and animal-rights campaigners have declared a war on the beloved local delicacy, foie gras, in the form of an attack on a local duck farm. A sense-stirring portrait of the culture, camaraderie and culinary customs of French country life, accompanied by a satisfying and intoxicating mystery.

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Series Statement

• Bruno, chief of police series -- [5]

Other Editions

• The crowded graveHarperCollins Publishers2011-01-01
• The crowded graveW F Howes Ltd2011-01-01
• The crowded graveW.F. Howes2011-01-01
• DelikatessenDiogenes2012-01-01
• The Crowded GraveHardcoverAlfred A. Knopf2012-01-01
• Crowded GraveKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group2013-01-01