Books with author Mark Walker

Krista has known her guardian angel since the day of her birth. He has always guided her and brought her comfort. When her mother suddenly lands a job in Southern California however, she doesn't feel comforted. Krista isn't sure how she is going to make it through her senior year in a busy city. Searching for the peace only God can bring she goes for a walk one morning and comes upon a pond. It is there that she falls in love with a girl who changes her entire perception of the world. But, is this a love that can last a lifetime?

The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno—as he is affectionately nicknamed—may be the town’s only municipal policeman, but in the hearts and minds of its denizens, he is chief of police.Bruno is a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life—living in his restored shepherd’s cottage; patronizing the weekly market; sparring with, and basically ignoring, the European Union bureaucrats from Brussels. He has a gun but never wears it; he has the power to arrest but never uses it. But then the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes everything and galvanizes Bruno’s attention: the man was found with a swastika carved into his chest.Because of the case’s potential political ramifications, a young policewoman is sent from Paris to aid Bruno with his investigation. The two immediately suspect militants from the anti-immigrant National Front, but when a visiting scholar helps to untangle the dead man’s past, Bruno’s suspicions turn toward a more complex motive. His investigation draws him into one of the darkest chapters of French history—World War II, a time of terror and betrayal that set brother against brother. Bruno soon discovers that even his seemingly perfect corner of la belle France is not exempt from that period’s sinister legacy.Bruno, Chief of Police is deftly dark, mesmerizing, and totally engaging.

The seventh novel in Martin Walker’s irresistible mystery series set in the South of France and starring Bruno, Chief of PoliceBruno, chief of 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 earlier.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.PRAISE FOR MARTIN WALKER AND THE BRUNO, CHIEF OF POLICE, SERIES:“Martin Walker’s bucolic mysteries offer a gentle reminder to slow down and smell the grapes.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW“Walker is brilliant at capturing the murderous charms of rural France.” —DAILY MIRROR“Walker hits the sweet spot of balancing humor and drama, and his food descriptions will leave readers fantasizing about dining in the Perigord.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Left in place of a stolen child, Mory was supposed to die at three days old. Instead, she set herself on fire.Mory lives among her sheep on the high meadow until the day flames rush from her fingers and a beast begins to stalk her. Desperate, she seeks answers from the wild folk rumored to reign over the other side of the mountain.Burning was just the beginning.Book One of The Kindling Tales. Approximately 200 pages.

A Recipe for Success• Take a rural commune in the heart of the Dordogne and a one-man police department by the name of Bruno.• Add a brutal murder with the hallmarks of a racial crime against immigrant workers from North Africa.• Season with clues that point to unsettled feuds from the Nazi legacy of World War II.• Serve with Gallic charm in all good bookshops as the first book in a brilliant crime fiction series.Set in the street markets, cobbled squares, vineyards and farmland of the Dordogne area of France, Bruno, Chief of Police features Captain Bruno Courrèges, a man as charming and eccentric as he is wise. A formidable investigator, Bruno must rise to the challenge when the head of an Algerian family is murdered and the peace of Bruno's beloved village of St. Denis is shattered. Racism is the obvious conclusion, and the son of a local doctor who is caught playing sex games surrounded by Nazi paraphernalia is the immediate suspect. But Bruno knows his people well and sees a more complex explanation lurking in the memories and unsettled feuds of the German occupation.This addictively readable novel, filled with the sights and sounds -- and politics -- of the French countryside, launches a stunning new crime fiction series.