The body in the castle well
(Book)
Author:
Series:
Bruno series ; volume 12.
Published:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
333 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Status:
1 copy on order.
Description
A rich American art student is found dead at the bottom of a well in an ancient hilltop castle. The young woman, Claudia, had been working in the archives of an eminent French art historian, a crippled Resistance war hero, at his art-filled chateau. As Claudia's White House connections get the US Embassy and the FBI involved, Bruno traces the people and events that led to her fatal accident - or was it murder? Bruno learns that Claudia had been trying to buy the chateau and art collection of her tutor, even while her researches led her to suspect that some of his attributions may have been forged. This takes Bruno down a trail that leads him from the ruins of Berlin in 1945, to France's colonial war in Algeria. The long arm of French history has reached out to find a new victim, but can Bruno identify the killer - and prove his case?
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Fiction
MYSTERY
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Durham Mystery
MYS WALKER
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East Lyme Public Adult Detective (Mystery)
D Walker, Martin [Bruno] #12 (Body)
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Essex Adult Fiction
WALKER
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Guilford Adult Mystery
X WALKER
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Hamden/Miller Adult Mysteries Hardcover
MY/WALKER
Due Jul 29, 2025
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F WALKER
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North Haven Adult Fiction
Fiction Walker, Martin BRUNO#12
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Fiction Walker
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M WAL
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Westbrook Adult Fiction
F WAL
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Woodbridge Adult Fiction
FIC WALKER
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Location
Call Number
Status
Acton Public Library On Order
ON ORDER
On Order
More Details
Street Date:
1906
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780525519980, 052551998X
Notes
General Note
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 Château 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 Périgordian cuisine.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Walker, M. (2019). The body in the castle well. First edition. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23-. 2019. The Body in the Castle Well. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23-, The Body in the Castle Well. Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Walker, Martin. The Body in the Castle Well. First edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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