
The Body in the Castle Well
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Narrated by:
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Robert Ian Mackenzie
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By:
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Martin Walker
An aging art scholar and a visiting student, haunting echoes of France's colonialist past, and a delicious navarin of lamb - Bruno is back, and his latest case leads him from the Renaissance to the French Resistance and beyond by way of a corpse at the bottom of a well.
When Claudia, a young American, turns up dead in the courtyard of an ancient castle in Bruno's jurisdiction, her death is assumed to be an accident related to opioid use. But her doctor persuades Bruno that things may not be so simple. Thus begins an investigation that leads Bruno to Monsieur de Bourdeille, the scholar with whom the girl had been studying, and then through that man's past. He is a renowned art historian who became extraordinarily wealthy through the sale of paintings that may have been falsely attributed - or so Claudia suggested shortly before her death.
In his younger days, Bourdeille had aided the Resistance and been arrested by a Vichy policeman whose own life story also becomes inexorably entangled with the case. Also in the mix is a young falconer who works at the Chateau des Milandes, the former home of fabled jazz singer Josephine Baker. In the end, of course, Bruno will tie all the loose threads together and see that justice is served - along with a generous helping of his signature Perigordian cuisine.
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We always enjoy Bruno and the leisurely pace of his mysteries leaving plenty of time for enjoying
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Love the series but....
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Wrong Accent
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Great story, great food, weird accents
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All of the ingredients we expect, plus an emotional punch.
Better and better!
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Another excellent Bruno book!
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Another winner!
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Riveting! Great police work stringing out the clues and suspects. As addictive as the others I am binge-reading in this series! Great learning opportunities as well, like falconry and some special things about WW2 French issues and politics.
Voice actor Robert Ian MacKenzie is excellent with interpretation and character definition, and superior in the rolling tones of French pronunciations.
Even a lot to learn about falconry!
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Another...
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Truly write her off the series.
One of My favorite series
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