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The Children Return

#7 in series

by Martin Walker
Robert Ian Mackenzie
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"The seventh novel in Martin Walker's irresistible mystery series set in the South of France and starring Bruno, Chief of Police Bruno, chief of police in the French town of St. Denis, is already busy with a case when the body of an undercover French Muslim cop is found in the woods, a man who called Bruno for help only hours earlier. But Bruno's sometime boss and rival, the Brigadier, doesn't see this investigation as a priority-there are bigger issues at stake. Bruno has other ideas. Meanwhile, a Muslim youth named Sami turns up at a French army base in Afghanistan hoping to get home to St. Denis. One of Bruno's old army comrades helps to smuggle Sami back to France, but the FBI aren't far behind. Then an American woman appears in St. Denis with a warrant for Sami's extradition. Bruno must unravel these multiple mysteries, amidst pressure from his bosses, and find his own way to protect his town and its people. "

  • Creators

  • Series

    Bruno, Chief of Police

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 28, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781490657967
      • File size: 279338 KB
      • Duration: 09:41:57

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Robert Ian Mackenzie's understated performance fits this seventh entry in the series featuring Bruno Courreges, a small-town French police officer. There's a lot going on in the town--terrorism, murder, romance, international intrigue, and a large bequest--and Bruno, without fanfare, handles it all. Mackenzie's narration is unobtrusive but not dull. He captures Bruno's steadiness and decency and does a fine job with the other characters, of both genders and various nationalities. Mackenzie is generally content to let his characters speak with an English accent, no matter where they're from. There are too many countries represented here to do otherwise as constantly shifting accents would be a distraction. G.S.D. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 2, 2015
      Recent events make the themes of Walker’s thoughtful seventh novel set in France’s Périgord (after 2014’s The Resistance Man)—terrorism and prejudice—seem eerily prescient. Bruno Courrèges, the St. Denis a police chief, is sickened by the burnt, tortured corpse he discovers and later identifies as Rafiq, an undercover operative investigating extremist infiltration at a nearby mosque. Soon afterward, Bruno learns that local youth Sami Belloumi, an autistic savant, is being transported home from Afghanistan, where he has been forced by jihadists (whom he met through the mosque’s school) to engineer lethal terrorist bombs. Sami’s return puts St. Denis in the middle of a media firestorm; experts converge to determine his legal treatment even as Rafiq’s killers try to silence Sami and Bruno. More thriller than mystery, this installment lacks the warmth of the series’ more-local story lines—but Bruno still has time to savor food, wine, and his attraction to a FBI liaison. Agent: Stephanie Cabot, Felicity Bryan Associates.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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