An Enemy In The Village, Walker - B

                          This is the 18th, and perhaps the most unique in the Bruno Courreges series.  Bruno discovers a suicide that propels most of the story, but the actual crime that led the poor woman to her death is not disclosed until the final chapters. Of course, the novel is filled with a vast amount of food devotion, and  prehistoric nuggets about the Perigord. One of the appeals of this series has been the fact that it is  written by an actual historian who has retired to the south of France and clearly loves it there. However, there is no reference here to the past, but is instead an unusual assessment of so many of Europe's and France's political and social challenges. Unfortunately, many of those problems almost entrap Bruno. Nonetheless, it is always a delight to return to a familiar place.