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Jul 16, 2014JCLGreggW rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Not quite a cozy, not quite a noir, not quite a police procedural - it's all of these and more. Set in a fiercely independent yet patriotic rural France, St. Denis' lone policeman, Bruno, keeps the peace. He teaches tennis to children, makes his own wine, and has to deal with the town's first murder in memory - an old Arab with a swastika carved in his chest. A laid-back pace and wonderful descriptions of the setting and citizens of St. Denis make this an immersive novel - readers will smell the cooking and taste the flavors of France.