The Patriarch, Walker - B +

                                               By my count, this is the 7th in the series and the third appearance here for Bruno, Chief of Police for St. Denis in the Perigord Region of southern France. Walker is a historian by trade and thoroughly enjoys telling these tales weaving together history and the culinary arts in the region. The back story is the French involvement in WW2 flying planes on the eastern front and helping the USSR in its long battle with the Luftwaffe. The son of the most famous and last fighter in the group is married to a beautiful, charming woman seeking public office while running the family wine business and looking to keep the past in the USSR buried there.  As always, it's great read.