By Paul Carrier
Martin Walker has released more than a dozen mysteries starring Benoît Courrèges, aka Bruno, a lovelorn bachelor and respected gourmet cook who serves as the unconventional chief of the one-man police force in tiny St. Denis, a fictional town in the south of France.
Fatal Pursuit, the ninth book in the series, finds Bruno working with other law-enforcement agencies to solve first one then two murders in the village, all while helping a coordinated European drive to destroy a terrorism-funding network.
Is a competitive search for a long-lost vintage auto linked to either killing? Will Bruno, who was orphaned as a youth, finally find marriage and familial bliss?
As a whodunit, Fatal Pursuit isn’t as suspenseful as earlier books in the series, but other elements, including Bruno’s ongoing search for a mate, his love of fine food, and the companionship of his beloved basset hound Balzac, compensate nicely.
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