Black diamond
By: Martin Walker
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780307700148
Subjects: Truffles; Social life and customs; Country life; Smuggling; Police chiefs; Fiction
Description: In the wake of attacks on local Asian vendors and an increase in black-market ingredients that threaten the Dordogne's lucrative truffle trade, Chief of Police Bruno finds the case taking a personal turn when one of his hunting partners, a former high-profile intelligence agent, is murdered.