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The resistance man : a novel, by Martin Walker

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Bruno, chief of police in the rural French town of St. Denis, can't get a moment's peace. He's uncovered a cache of WWII-era banknotes on the deathbed of a member of the French Resistance and is also dealing with a wave of major local burglaries. The targets include the recently retired head of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee, which brings Bruno's old flame Isabelle back to St-Denis, and into his heart. The next burglary ends in murder: the victim's bludgeoned body is found by his lover, who becomes the prime suspect. But Bruno suspects there is more in play. Meanwhile, the mayor introduces Bruno to Jacqueline, a Sorbonne academic who is researching the theory that American funds were used to obstruct communism in France following the Second World War, leading the U.S. to give clandestine support to the nuclear program. When Jacqueline's home is burgled and sensitive documents stolen (as well as a valuable family heirloom supposedly made by Paul Revere), the stakes become much higher. Jacqueline's work, suggests the mayor, is political dynamite
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eng
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The resistance man : a novel
Title
The resistance man
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
by Martin Walker
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Bruno, chief of police in the rural French town of St. Denis, can't get a moment's peace. He's uncovered a cache of WWII-era banknotes on the deathbed of a member of the French Resistance and is also dealing with a wave of major local burglaries. The targets include the recently retired head of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee, which brings Bruno's old flame Isabelle back to St-Denis, and into his heart. The next burglary ends in murder: the victim's bludgeoned body is found by his lover, who becomes the prime suspect. But Bruno suspects there is more in play. Meanwhile, the mayor introduces Bruno to Jacqueline, a Sorbonne academic who is researching the theory that American funds were used to obstruct communism in France following the Second World War, leading the U.S. to give clandestine support to the nuclear program. When Jacqueline's home is burgled and sensitive documents stolen (as well as a valuable family heirloom supposedly made by Paul Revere), the stakes become much higher. Jacqueline's work, suggests the mayor, is political dynamite
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1947 January 23-
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Walker, Martin
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[Fic]
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no index present
Literary form
novels
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Bruno series
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  • Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character)
  • Police
  • Murder
  • Bank robberies
  • Theft
  • France
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The resistance man : a novel, by Martin Walker
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Publication
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
317 p.
Isbn
9781443428231
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(pbk.)
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  • 83814
  • 734312
Label
The resistance man : a novel, by Martin Walker
Publication
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
317 p.
Isbn
9781443428231
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
System control number
  • 83814
  • 734312

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