The strange case is further complicated as Parisian bureaucrats get involved, hinting that essential diplomatic relations might be at stake. The scrutiny on Henri intensifies once Bruno discovers that he was declared dead thirty years ago and has been living under an assumed name ever since. An inquiry into the defunct school turns up shadowy reports of possible connections and funding from the Stasi, the repressive police agency of the former East Germany. The investigation quickly turns thorny and leads Bruno to a reclusive vintner, Henri Bazaine, whose education at a vocational school in a formerly Communist region has raised some eyebrows. But learning the identity of the murder victim is only the beginning. America Reborn: A Twentieth-Century Narrative in Twenty-six Lives (2011)Īfter attending an exhibit on the facial reconstruction of ancient skulls, Bruno wonders if this technology might provide an invaluable clue to a thirty-year-old cold case.Clinton: The President They Deserve (1996).The Waking Giant: Soviet Union Under Gorbachev (1986).Bruno's Challenge and Other Stories of the French Countryside: A collection of stories (2022).Oystercatcher: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novella (2020).

A Birthday Lunch: A Bruno Chief of Police novella (2019).

The Dying Season / The Patriarch (2015).The Children Return / Children of Warwa (2014).Bruno and the Carol Singers: A Christmas Short Story - Bruno and le Père Noel (2012).Bruno, Chief of Police / Death in the Dordogne (2008).

The Cold War by Martin Walker