The Caves of Perigord and Bruno 4 preview
Random House has just re-published the earlier Martin Walker novel The Caves of Perigord in Britain, the US and Canada. Some of the characters in that novel – the German archaeologist Dr Horst Vogelstern and the French expert at the National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies, Clothilde Daunier – make an appearance in the forthcoming fourth Bruno novel, provisionally titled The Crowded Grave.
Mini-review:
“A brilliant novel about the discovery of a fragment of a prehistoric cave painting that leads back to an episode of tragedy and heroism in WWII – and to the creation of the painting itself, 17,000 years ago.” – TotalFrance.com
August 30th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Is Bruno, Chief of Police the very first in the series? Some sites say it is second, after The Caves of Perigord. I would like to begin at the beginning.
August 31st, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Bruno is the first in the series. The Caves of Perigord is set in the same area of France, but it’s not a Bruno book. Some characters will appear in later Brunos, but TCoP was intended to be a one-off.
September 6th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Wann können wir den dritten Teil von Bruno erwarten? Mitt freundlichen Grüssen Daniel
September 6th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Diogenes veröffentlichen ein neues Bruno jedes Jahr im Mai, so dass ich fürchte, es ist eine lange Wartezeit für die Black Diamond.
September 21st, 2010 at 4:24 am
Have enjoyed the Caves of Perigord very much,has every quality I like. Well thought out, well plotted, well written (to be expected), great characters -well rounded and real, but most of all a thriller that sent me running off to find more about a character, event or subject-eg. Gen. Vlasov I had never heard of him, but now I can put him in context, but I could find no reference to him or his men being in France.
Again in Bruno, I had never heard of the Nazi use of North African “disiplinary” units against the families of the la Resistance (maquis), back to Google and other sources for verification, again good stuff (as an aside this may explain some of the French savagery in Algeria). Keep up the good work and I will find some of your other books to read as well