02490cam a2200337 4500 1122134513 TxAuBib 20240117120000.0 240109s2023||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9798885795197 hardcover alk. paper TxAuBib Walker, Martin, 1947- A château under siege [Book] / Martin Walker. Large print ed. [Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2023. 443 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print mystery. Bruno, Chief of Police novel, A ; 16 "When an actor in a local play is attacked during a performance, Bruno must learn whether it was an accident, a crime of passion, or an assassination attempt with implications far beyond the small French village. The town of Sarlat is staging a reenactment of its liberation from the British in the Hundred Years War when the play's French hero, Brice Kerquelin, is stabbed and feared fatally wounded. Is it an unfortunate prop malfunction--or something more sinister? The stricken man happens to be number two in the French intelligence service, in line for the top job. Bruno is tasked with the safety of the victim's daughters, Claire and Nadia, as well as their father's old Silicon Valley buddies, ostensibly in town for a reunion. One friend from Taiwan, a tycoon in chip fabrication, soon goes missing, and Bruno suspects there may be a link to the French government's efforts to build a chip industry in Europe--some powerful forces in Russia and China are determined to scuttle. Wading through a tangle of rivalries and secrets, Bruno begins to parse fact from fiction--while also becoming embroiled in some romantic complications, and, of course, finding time to put together some splendid meals"--Provided by the publisher. 20240117. Courrg̀es, Bruno Fictitious character Fiction. Police France Fiction. Police chiefs France, Southwest Fiction. Criminal investigation Fiction. Actors Crimes against Fiction. Dordogne (France) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thorndike Press large print mystery. A Bruno, Chief of Police novel ; 16. RV8