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28/7/2016

BookPage recently asked me what I am currently reading for a rolling feature of theirs:

In Fatal Pursuit, Martin Walker continues his beloved Bruno, Chief of Police Series, set in the beautiful Dordogne region of France. Our reviewer writes, "Martin Walker’s engagingly droll series featuring Bruno, Chief of Police, is a longtime favorite of mine."(Read the review.)

Walker and his wife split their time between France and Washington, D.C., and he wears many hats as a journalist, historian, editor, broadcaster and basset hound owner. We asked Walker to tell us what he's been reading lately.

Click on the link below to read the piece.
WHAT THEY'RE READING: MARTIN WALKER

29 Comments

Heidi

6/8/2016 03:26:00 pm

Hi - I just was turned on to your series so I am behind. I just finished book 4. I love France and have visited it and every time I read your books they remind me of the wonderful food and wine I enjoy there. I can't wait to return to the Perigord region. I really enjoy your mysteries. However - I just finished book 4 and as a dog lover, which I can tell you are as well- WHY WHY did you have to kill Gigi? It didn't help the plot and was completely unnecessary. I had a feeling it was coming but it makes me completely disinterested in reading more! As a fellow writer - things like this make the reader lose trust in you. I don't want to read about dogs dying. Period. Thank you for letting me vent about this! ~Heidi

Martin link

15/8/2016 01:38:19 am

I'm sorry you were so upset, but I have to admit to some pride as a writer at the fact you were so connected to dear old Gigi. If you read on, you will see that Gigi is replaced but not forgotten, as is so sadly the case with the animals we love.

My eldest daughter thinks this is both the saddest and most beautiful description of our relationships with our dogs:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/dog_paradox

It's a little left-field, but rather charming nonetheless.

Deborah

26/7/2017 06:15:49 pm

I agree Heidi,
I stopped reading the Bruno series after this volume. Gigi did not have to die. As a writer the author can do whatever they choose whether I like it or not. Sad!

Michael

5/9/2016 02:55:35 am

Dear Martin,
I can tell you what I AM readying just now...
It is your cookbook. As someone who eats mostly vegan, sometimes vegetarian I have to confess that I would have never bought the book by myself. But today is my birthday and my beloved wife gave me this book as a present. And I'm really greatful for that. All the nice fotos of the Perigord, all this fantastic food and recipes!
So thank you for Bruno, for all the stories from the perigord an now thanks for all those great recipes (and I'm pretty sure that we can manage to make some of the meat-dishes with some soy-products ;-) )

Martin link

5/9/2016 11:03:18 pm

My eldest daughter isn't a fan of meat (although she's not a vegan), and tells me that tofu tends not to work with French flavours and techniques, but that seitan's texture is a better fit. I hope that helps - until she spelled it out for me I thought she was recommending that you cook with satan...

Joanna Woodman

10/9/2016 03:01:06 am

When will your Bruno cook book be published in English? Just back from my local book shop here in Munich and was able to peep into the German edition of the book and admire the photos and recipes. The German edition states it is a translation. Therefore I'd prefer it in English please.

Best wishes

Joanna Woodman

Martin link

15/9/2016 12:36:03 am

So would I! We're still fighting the uphill battle with the publishers, I'm afraid.

william schwanki

17/9/2016 09:41:59 am

When is the Bruno cook book going to be available in an English edition.

Martin link

20/9/2016 09:04:31 am

Nothing to report yet, I'm afraid - we're still working on getting the image rights organised.

Sally Warren

18/9/2016 01:22:27 pm

I have recently been "turned on" to the Bruno series & have purchased
all books , right up to "Fatal Pursuit."

I have major query about character of
Jacqueline in "Dark Vineyard." HOW was it possible for her
to escape from the heavy burden of Max's body in that tank-- and somehow insert Mr Bondino's DNA under Max's finger nails? Max
was supposedly submerged under a ton of grape juice and yet
she somehow managed to plant evidence under his finger
mails, rinse herself off AND kill a dog-- all without being
identified-- until much later. Help! This is a true puzzle!

Martin link

20/9/2016 09:46:53 am

Jacqueline is a very accomplished - and in that case desperate - young woman who saw the opportunity to incriminate her enemy and used everything available to her to make it happen.

My wife and daughters spend their lives making the impossible possible, so I used them as inspiration!

Jeremy Stocks link

13/10/2016 12:12:34 pm

Hello there, only just come across your site/books. I live in Bavaria as a Brit expat. My links with Dordogne go back since 1990. We bought a ruin near Brantome but were ripped off by a British estate agent in Brantome, notorious in the 1990s. I spent many days pushing wheelbarrows and fishing idyllic pools. We sold it 1999. Last few years we've rediscovered D in a caravan with my new kids, and fallen again in love with the region. We were back there in Brantome August, also Domme in main D region. Will check out your books.

Martin link

17/10/2016 12:32:13 am

I hope you continue to have better luck with the Dordogne this time around! It's such an enchanting part of the world.

Jo Skinner

25/10/2016 07:12:19 pm

Hello Martin, I have just gobbled up 8 of your books in a row and am getting sadder that in another week I will have nothing to look forward to - just a superb story teller in every respect. We live in the Yarra Valley in Victoria Australia, where they have just produce a huge truffle so we are having a 'Bruno' day next July and are going truffle hunting with a long table lunch afterwards. JO

Martin link

27/10/2016 09:50:54 am

That sounds like a wonderful way to spend a day! And the Yarra Valley is a beautiful part of the world - almost as lovely as the Perigord...

I'm so glad to hear you've enjoyed the books so much. I'm going to keep writing one a year for as long as they're willing to publish them, so hopefully you won't have too long to wait for the next one.

Michael

28/10/2016 06:19:22 am

I had allready to be unfaithful. I wandered to another great scottish author... Du Mr. Ian Ranking and his Inspector Rebus Novels...
But nevertheless I'm still looking foreward for the next stories about food, love, lifestyle and murder in the Perigord!

Martin link

28/10/2016 08:26:35 am

That's hardly unfaithful - Rankin is a joy to read! Although I would wager that Bruno is better in the kitchen than Rebus and his Scottish fry-ups...

Michael

20/11/2016 12:22:19 pm

It's interesting that two Scottish authors do live in France and write crime novels...
and yes - I enjoy that food and cooking is more important to Brunos world ;-)

Michael

29/1/2017 03:24:55 am

There is a book full of short stories in the Ranking series about John Rebus...
The last one was fantastic. They got a visit from a french exchange officer. Of course he was only talking about food, of course he liked playing rugby.... and of course he was from the Dordogne :-D

Martin link

30/1/2017 11:13:06 am

Rankin lived about 15 or so miles from where I wrote the Bruno books - I find it impressive how he was able to make Edinburgh such a strong character in the Rebus series despite writing a chunk of them from my corner of paradise!

A world more different from the Perigord is hard to imagine...

Bill van den Berg link

4/11/2016 08:06:32 pm

I have just finished idle Pursuit, and I am anxious to read the next book in the series. I hope that you are indeed working on one. Will you please tell me and your other fans when we can expect it?

Bill van den Berg

4/11/2016 08:09:13 pm

Oops, that's Fatal Pursuit not idle Pursuit. My apologies. I have been using speech to text and it did not work very well.

Martin link

7/11/2016 06:54:30 am

I can confirm that I'm still writing one Bruno a year, but I'm afraid I don't know where you are in the world, so I can't confirm a release date. In the UK they tend to come out each June, but the rights differ from country to country.

The next Bruno is currently with the publishers, although it's nowhere near the printers right now!

Bill van den Berg

8/11/2016 12:28:55 am

Thanks! Good to hear I can look forward to more Bruno books. I'm in the USA; when are they typically released here?

Martin link

4/12/2016 06:14:32 am

June or July, most frequently. When I have the date of the next one I shall add it here.

Bill van den Berg link

4/12/2016 07:06:22 am

Might I suggest/request that you establish an email list of your fans so that you can keep everyone apprised, in one fell swoop, of the publication of the next book?

Martin link

4/12/2016 09:33:16 am

The problem is the different publication dates in different territories - I do update the reviews section and selection of cover photos as each book comes out, but I'll make more of an effort to announce them on the front page in future.

Böttger Steffen

16/5/2019 01:55:22 pm

Bonsoir Martin - we just wanted to thank you again for your nice and entertaining reading in Leipzig tonight. As soon as we arrived at home we needed to open a bottle of our 2015th Pecharmant from the Château De Tiregard - thanks your recommendation - santé :-) Corinna & Steffen

Martin link

19/5/2019 08:53:10 am

Thank you for being there in Leipzig and I wish I had been there to share a glass on Tiregand with you. Warm greetings from Potsdam.

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