Children of war / Martin Walker.
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TextSeries: Walker, Martin, Bruno series ; Publisher: London : Quercus, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 358 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781848664029 (paperback); 9781848664012 (hardback); 184866401X (hardback)Subject(s): Courrèges, Bruno, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Courrges, Bruno (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Police -- France -- Perigord -- Fiction | Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character) | Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Police -- France -- Périgord -- Fiction | Detective and mystery storiesGenre/Form: Mystery fiction. | Detective and mystery stories | Crime -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | Mystery fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Bruno, chef de 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 before. 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.
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Bruno, chef de 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 before. 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.
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