Download A Birthday Lunch Bruno Chief of Police Series edition by Martin Walker Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks

Product details File Size 2687 KB Print Length 22 pages Publisher Vintage (March 19, 2019) Publication Date March 19, 2019 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B07MQNBRSK

A Birthday Lunch Bruno Chief of Police Series edition by Martin Walker Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews

• As a Francophile and wanna be adoptive child of the Sud Ouest, Walker's books remind me of the wonders of this part of France. Complexity is difficult to pull off with any Vintage book -- hey, they're intentionally short! -- yet even by the standards of previous Walker Vintage books this is sadly deficient. Essentially, it is a shopping expedition and reintroduction of "friends" with a cooking lesson if the expertise of Walker's spouse, Julia, as he has previously been quoted as saying, contributes to the portions relating to Bruno's cooking, I'm guessing it is a book combining his style and characters with her expertise.
  This thin gruel of a novella won't stop me from reading future Bruno books, but it leaves a bad taste on top of Walker's often-present English prejudices regarding France.
• I love Bruno's cooking, but for the price charged for a short story (25 pages), it would have been nice to have the actual recipes. Quite frankly, I feel that I got a third degree burn at the stove for purchasing these few pages. Was this a marketing stunt or a need to make ends meet? Not enough there to warrant purchasing.
• A BIRTHDAY LUNCH (a Bruno, Chief of Police Story of the French Countryside) is a short story by Martin Walker. Mr. Walker often published these ‘stories’, almost like diary entries, in order to keep us up to date with Bruno’s day to day activities. Good food, good wine, good cooking skils; an archeological find while taking an early morning run; speaking with friends and neighbors as he makes his village rounds; friendship, good will and generosity in the lovely Dordogne area of southwestern France - all come together in a lovely birthday lunch for Florence.
  This is very pleasant, cheerful reading about one of my favorite fictional characters.
• Bruno has always spent time describing every meal he is eating or cooking, and they all sounded delicious. Now he tells us how the magic happens in great enough detail that preparing one of his favorites would be fairly easy. Very different from the other books, of course, but well worth reading.
• Lovely. I enjoyed spending time with Bruno, Balzac, and their friends and neighbors. A leisurely day or two with a birthday celebration at its center. If you love this series, don’t miss this story with Bruno cooking and sharing a bit of local archaeological information.
• This will take you 10 minutes to read if you are a slow reader. It is a shopping list, recipe and some archeological info.
• I love Bruno and have read the entire series so naturally I bought this small story. I'm not much of a cook though. Wish I could taste the results rather than just reading about them. Nothing at all in the way of a plot.
• As I sit and wait for Walker to wrap up his next Bruno mystery, he offers up this wonderful reminder of his characters, where they live and the marvelous food they eat (with the wine). Hurry up, Martin!