The Shooting at Chateau Rock

Martin Walker

Jun 2020 · RB Media · Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie

About this audiobook

When a local’s death is linked to a Russian oligarch and his multinational conglomerate, Bruno faces one
of his toughest cases yet, one that brings together a conniving French businessman and a rock star—and, of
course, Bergerac red and white.

It’s summer in the Dordogne. The heirs of a modest Périgordian sheep farmer learn upon his death that they
have been disinherited, and their father’s estate sold to an insurance company in return for a policy that would have
placed him in a five-star retirement home for the rest of his life. His children are immediately suspicious of the
uncharacteristically lavish arrangement. Their inquest raises other unsavory questions about his passing: Was it a
natural death? Was there foul play?

Bruno begins an investigation that leads him to several shadowy companies owned by a Russian billionaire. The
companies are based in Cyprus, Malta, and Luxembourg, but Bruno finds a way into the organization in France: a
recently relocated notaire and an insurance agent. As Bruno pursues this ominious lead, the Russian’s daughter turns
up in the Périgord, further complicating the case. All leads to a deadly denouement at the château of the rock star.
It takes all of Bruno’s resolve and quick thinking to untangle the truth. But, as ever—Bruno makes time for lunch.

About the author

Martin Walker is a senior fellow of the Global Business Policy Council, a private think tank for CEOs of major corporations, based in Washington, D.C. Walker is also editor in chief emeritus and international affairs columnist at United Press International and the author of the Bruno series.