As chief of police for the city of St. Denis within the Dordogne,
Bruno should examine each criticism of each citizen, even when it isn’t
clear that a crime has taken place. Nonetheless, as a citizen himself of that area
of France he considers unequalled in magnificence, tradition, and delicacies, his
investigation into the demise of the aged farmer Driant on the urging of
Driant’s son, Gaston, strikes at a tempo leisurely sufficient for him to spend the
requisite time cooking impossibly tender lamb shanks for a bunch of pals who
collect for dinner every Monday night time. Bruno does assume it odd that Driant
mortgaged his farm shortly earlier than his demise to purchase an insurance coverage coverage that
would have assured him a spot at Château Marmont, a luxurious retirement dwelling,
had he lived lengthy sufficient to truly transfer in. However his probe should additionally depart
time for alfresco eating with outdated good friend and getting old British rock star Rod
Macrae and his soon-to-be ex-wife, Meghan, who’re promoting their pied-a-terre
in France previous to the divorce. And naturally, there’s the primary mating of
Bruno’s basset hound, Balzac, an occasion so momentous that he invitations Isabelle,
the love of his life, from Paris (which she is not going to depart to be with him and
the place he is not going to go to be along with her) to observe. Whereas ready for the
eventual crime to be solved, readers can revel within the wonders of the Dordogne,
even when witnessing a doggie defloration could also be a bridge too far for some.
