Order of Bruno, Chief Of Police Books
Bruno, Chief of Police is a series of crime fiction novels by British author Martin Walker. The titular character, Bruno Courreges, is the chief of police in his hometown of St. Denis. He also enjoys cooking and hunting, grows his own food and has built his own house himself. In his job as chief of police, he applies his own sense of justice to the job and butts heads with detectives and politicians.
Martin Walker introduced his Bruno, Chief of Police series in 2008 with the title novel. The series is currently ongoing, with one new novel being published per year. Below is a list of Martin Walker’s Bruno, Chief of Police books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Bruno, Chief Of Police Books
| Bruno, Chief of Police / Death in the Dordogne | (2008) |    |
| The Dark Vineyard | (2009) | |
| Black Diamond | (2010) | |
| The Crowded Grave | (2011) | |
| The Devil's Cave | (2012) | |
| Bruno and the Carol Singers / Bruno and le Pere Noel | (2012) | |
| The Resistance Man | (2013) | |
| The Children Return / Children of War / Death Undercover | (2014) | |
| A Market Tale | (2014) | |
| The Dying Season / The Patriarch | (2015) | |
| Fatal Pursuit | (2016) | |
| The Templars' Last Secret | (2017) | |
| A Taste for Vengeance | (2018) | |
| The Chocolate War | (2018) | |
| The Body in the Castle Well | (2019) | |
| A Birthday Lunch | (2019) | |
| Oystercatcher | (2020) | |
| The Shooting at Chateau Rock | (2020) | |
| The Coldest Case | (2021) | |
| Bruno's Challenge and Other Stories of the French Countryside | (2022) | |
| To Kill a Troubadour | (2022) | |
| A Chateau Under Siege | (2023) | |
Note: Bruno and the Carol Singers is known as Bruno and le Pere Noel in the United Kingdom. The Dying Season is also known as The Patriarch.
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Bruno, Chief of Police Synopsis: Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker is the first novel in the series of the same name. When the head of an Algerian family is found murdered and St. Denis becomes unhinged. The townspeople immediately blame the killing on racism and the son of a doctor caught committing lewd acts around Nazi symbols becomes the prime suspect. Bruno, however, is not so convinced and believes the motive is not so simple.
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For some time I’ve been a Donna Leon Brunetti fan and have now just found your Bruno books. I’m into the first book and love it. However, in looking at what is available on Kindle, two of your books appear to be missing, namely, Children of War and A Market Tale. Are these going to be released as ebooks or will I have to find printed versions?
The Children of War and The Children Return are the same book, book 7 in the series. You are missing The Patriarch, which is book 8. Because of you, I have two copies of book 7, and sadly no copy of book 8. I am very disappointed and a little worried that I can’t rely on your lists anymore. Please fix.
The Patriarch was listed as the Dying Season on the list however I’ve updated it to list both titles. And I’m extremely sorry for the confusion about Children of War and The Children Return. It looks like that one was written with one title then reissued a year later without any noes about it and we missed it. I’ve only read the first 4 books so I wasn’t aware of it. Shoot me an e-mail at site@orderofbooks.com with your address and I’ll get a copy of the Dying Season/Patriarch sent to you as an apology.
Forensics and the Bruno books (go together) like love and marriage. He is somewhat sensual, even oversexed, but the intrigues in the books are always something I look forward to.