Martin Walker

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1980
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Bruno, Chief of Police

0.5 - Bruno, Chief of Police: The Early Cases (Nov-2017)
1 - Bruno, Chief of Police (Jan-2008)
2 - The Dark Vineyard (Aug-2010)
3 - Black Diamond (Sep-2011)
4 - The Crowded Grave (Jul-2012)
4.5 - Bruno and the Carol Singers (Dec-2012)
5 - The Devil's Cave (Jul-2013)
6 - The Resistance Man (Feb-2014)
6.5 - A Market Tale (Dec-2014)
7 - The Children Return (May-2015)
8 - The Patriarch (Aug-2015)
9 - Fatal Pursuit (Jun-2016)
10 - The Templars' Last Secret (Jun-2017)
11 - A Taste for Vengeance (Jun-2018)
11.5 - A Birthday Lunch (Mar-2019)
12 - The Body in the Castle Well (May-2019)
12.5 - Oystercatcher (May-2020)
13 - A Shooting at Chateau Rock (May-2020)
14 - The Coldest Case (Aug-2021)
14.5 - Bruno's Challenge: Stories of the French Countryside (Mar-2022)
15 - To Kill a Troubadour (Aug-2022)
16 - A Chateau Under Siege (Sep-2023)
17 - A Grave in the Woods (Jan-2024)
18 - An Enemy in the Village (Jun-2025)

Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • The money soldiers

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  • The Caves of Perigord

    In a brilliant and ambitious thriller that combines elements of Jean Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear and Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth into a riveting, multifaceted tale of love, art, courage, and war, Martin Walker brings to life the c...

  • Merchant of Venice

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  • Bruno, Chief of Police

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 1

    The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoit Courrages, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the cafe still rule. Bruno--as he is affectionately nicknamed--may be the town's only munici...

  • The Dark Vineyard

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 2

    In this riveting sequel to Martin Walker’s internationally acclaimed novel Bruno, Chief of Police, some of France’s great pleasures -- wine, passion and intrigue -- converge in a dark chain of events that threaten the peaceful village of Saint-De...

  • Black Diamond

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 3

    Something dangerous is afoot in St. Denis. In the space of a few weeks, the normally sleepy village sees attacks on Vietnamese vendors, arson at a local Asian restaurant, subpar truffles from China smuggled into outgoing shipments at a nearby market ...

  • The Crowded Grave

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 4

    Another delectable serving of mystery and the pleasures of the Dordogne from our newest master of suspense, Martin Walker, and his inimitable chief of police, Bruno Courrèges. It's spring in the idyllic village of St. Denis, and for Bruno that me...

  • Bruno and the Carol Singers

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 4.5

    The fifth installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.    In this exclusive eBook, St. Denis is experiencing its coldest winter in years -- bringing the promise of snow and shared cho...

  • The Devil's Cave

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 5

    Mystery, food, and wine in the French province of Dordogne -- the latest offering from Martin Walker, featuring Benoît “Bruno” Courrèges. It’s spring in St. Denis. The village choir is preparing for its Easter concert, the wildflowers are ...



  • The Resistance Man

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 6

    Bruno Courrèges -- provincial French police chief extraordinaire -- is back in another delectable tale of mystery and suspense that unfolds in the gastronomically ravishing Dordogne. A veteran of the Resistance dies, and among his possessions are...

  • A Market Tale

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 6.5

    The eighth installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno.Between the seventeenth-century mairie and the stone bridge over the river that winds through town, the village of St. Denis hosts its weekly m...

  • Death Undercover

    PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS CHILDREN OF WAR Bruno, chief of police, is under pressure. He's investigating a murder - one his bosses would rather he left alone... Bruno, chef de police in the French town of St Denis, is already busy with a case wh...

  • The Children Return

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 7

    The Dordogne’s favorite chief of police is back in a case full of twists and turns that finds his small town shockingly targeted by a terrorist network. When an undercover agent tracking domestic jihadists is found murdered, it’s troubling eno...

  • The Patriarch

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 8

    A beloved village, a renowned family, a suspicious death -- it's the latest adventure in the Dordogne for police chief Bruno. When Bruno is invited to the lavish birthday celebration of World War II flying ace and national icon Marco the Patriar...

  • Death in the Dordogne

    EU inspectors are causing havoc in St Denis and local tempers are running high, but is it really cause for murder? The first acclaimed and internationally bestselling case for Bruno, Chief of Police. 'Hugely enjoyable and absolutely gripping. Mart...

  • The Dying Season

    The Dordogne town of St Denis may be picturesque and sleepy, but it has more than its fair share of mysteries, as Bruno knows all too well. But when Bruno is invited to the 90th birthday of a powerful local patriarch - a war hero with high-level poli...

  • Fatal Pursuit

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 9

    A pair of murders, a romance, and rivals in pursuit of a long-lost vintage car make for another mystery for Bruno, chief of police. It’s the start of summer, and Bruno’s found himself the last-minute replacement navigator in a car rally race. ...

  • The Templars' Last Secret

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 10

    Bruno, the beloved chief of police of the idyllic French town of St. Denis in the Dordogne, is back! This time a mysterious death brings ancient secrets to light, and it's up to our hero--and favorite gourmand--to connect the tangled threads of past ...

  • Bruno, Chief of Police: The Early Cases

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 0.5

    The first three cases for Bruno, Chief of Police of St Denis in the Dordogne. The perfect escapist read for a winter's night. 'The Maigret of the Dordogne' - Antony Beevor DEATH IN THE DORDOGNE Bruno investigates the death of a local North Africa...



  • The Chocolate War

    Early on summer mornings, police chief Bruno enjoys wandering the stalls of the weekly market in the village of St. Denis as they are being loaded with wares -- ducks, oysters, wooden toys, used books, exotic teas and now, even miniskirts and cellpho...

  • A Taste for Vengeance

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 11

    A missing woman, a shocking pregnancy, a dash of international intrigue, and a bottle or two of good Bergerac: it's another case for Bruno, Chief of Police. When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in Bruno's usuall...

  • A Birthday Lunch

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 11.5

    When not solving mysteries in his beloved little town of St. Denis, Bruno, the chief of police, likes to cook and share his meals with local guests and dear friends. For his friend Florence’s birthday, Bruno is preparing a surprise. But, like much ...

  • The Body in the Castle Well

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 12

    An aging art scholar and a visiting student, haunting echoes of France's colonialist past, and a delicious navarin of lamb--Bruno is back, and his latest case leads him from the Renaissance to the French Resistance and beyond by way of a corpse a...

  • Oystercatcher

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 12.5

    Called upon to assist in an investigation of oyster thieves at the Bay of Arcachon by the Commissaire Pleven of the Bordeaux police, beloved chief of police Bruno relishes an opportunity to momentarily reunite with the beautiful and ambitious Isabell...

  • A Shooting at Chateau Rock

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 13

    When a local's troubling death is linked to a Russian oligarch and his multinational conglomerate, Bruno faces one of his toughest cases yet, one that brings together a French notary and a rock star--and, of course, Bergerac red and white. It&...

  • The Coldest Case

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 14

    An anonymous skull, an unsolved murder, sinister rumors from the Cold War era of espionage -- Bruno's investigation into a long-standing cold case finds him caught between an enigmatic winegrower and a menacing Communist organization from the past.Af...

  • Bruno's Challenge: Stories of the French Countryside

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 14.5

    Martin Walker's first collection of stories featuring all the familiar characters from his Bruno novels and the glories of the Périgord region of France, with ample helpings of food and wine."Whether preparing nettle soup, liaising with the Police N...

  • To Kill a Troubadour

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 15

    When a musician’s new song hits a political nerve, he finds himself in the crosshairs of Spanish nationalists’ ire, and it’s up to Bruno to track down the extremists who seem ready to take deadly measures, in another delightful installment of t...

  • Hybrid ~ Reborn

    At a climate conference in London, Rachael and friends are threatened by people trying to abduct them. Rachael and Bridget manifest their powers, forcing Michael to come to their rescue. Puzzled by his miraculous skills, he and Rachael also share une...



  • A Chateau Under Siege

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 16

    When an actor in a local play is attacked during the performance, Bruno must learn whether it was an accident, a crime of passion -- or an assassination attempt with implications far beyond the small French villageThe town of Sarlat is staging a reen...

  • A Grave in the Woods

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 17

    Another entertaining and enlightening entry in the Bruno, Chief of Police series, featuring an archaeological dig in the French countryside that unearths World War II"era mysteries -- all while Bruno dishes up more culinary magicWhen Abby, an Ameri...

  • An Enemy in the Village

    Bruno, Chief of Police - 18

    A real estate agent’s death sends shockwaves through the idyllic town of St. Denis, leading Bruno, Chief of Police, to suspect that there’s more to this tragedy than meets the eye.When Bruno stumbles upon a motionless figure in a car parked at a ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Martin Walker has published 32 books.

The next book by Martin Walker, An Enemy in the Village, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Martin Walker, The money soldiers, was published in January 1980.

Yes. Martin Walker has 1 series.
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