02427cam a2200397 i 4500 1165079927 TxAuBib 20230914120000.0 230113s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022059763 9780593319819 hardcover 0593319818 hardcover (OCoLC)1346215209 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF ETC ORX OCO OI6 JPL IK2 UAP IMT IL2 MBT YDX UOK TxAuBib rda Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23-, author. A château under siege / Martin Walker. First American edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023] ©2023. 289 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Bruno, Chief of Police novel, A ; 16 "The town of Sarlat is staging a reenactment of its liberation from the British in the Hundred Years War when the play's French hero, Brice Kerquelin, is stabbed and feared fatally wounded. Is it an unfortunate prop malfunction--or something more sinister? The stricken man happens to be number two in the French intelligence service, in line for the top job. Bruno is tasked with the safety of the victim's daughters, Claire and Nadia, as well as their father's old Silicon Valley buddies, ostensibly in town for a reunion. One friend from Taiwan, a tycoon in chip fabrication, soon goes missing, and Bruno suspects there may be a link to the French government's efforts to build a chip industry in Europe--something powerful forces in Russia and China are determined to scuttle. Wading through a tangle of rivalries and secrets, Bruno begins to parse fact from fiction--while also becoming embroiled in some romantic complications, and, of course, finding time to put together some splendid meals" -- Publisher's description. 20230914. Courrèges, Bruno Fictitious character Fiction. Police France Fiction. Police chiefs France, Southwest Fiction. Criminal investigation Fiction. Actors Crimes against Fiction. Dordogne (France) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. A Bruno, Chief of Police novel ; 16. TXKIP