The crowded grave

By Martin Walker

Subjects: Police, Police chiefs, Enquêtes, Investigation, Large type books, Romans, nouvelles, Terroristes, Murder, Fiction, Meurtre, Animal rights activists, Terrorists, Bruno Courrèges (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Défenseurs des droits des animaux

Description: Life in south-west rural France is not the sleepy idyll you might suppose. Local duck and goose farms are being attacked by animal rights protestors attempting to halt the production of foie gras. A senior policeman has been shot by terrorists believed to be the Basque Separatists of ETA. And if that weren't enough, a group of students have just unearthed a 'modern' skeleton during a dig at one of the ancient sites of this famous region and home to pre-historic man - a dig that has brought an influx of foreigners to the Dordogne. It is up to Chief of Police Bruno Courreges to get to the bottom of these seemingly unrelated events.