The incident is recounted in the first novel bruno chief of police bruno never knew his father and his unmarried mother left him as a baby in a basket in a church christened benoit the blessed by the priest who found him and sent him to a church orphanage he decided to call himself bruno as soon as he was old enough to insist upon it. Bruno chief of police is a wonderful creation michael korda author of charmed lives hugely enjoyable and absolutely gripping martin walker has got off to a flying start in what promises to be a great series bruno will be the maigret of the dordogne antony beevor author of paris after the liberation 1944 1949 a splendid combination of a complex crime with tangled . Martin walker is the author of 20 books of fiction and non fiction including seven novels featuring police chief captain bruno courreges he lives with his family in the southwest of france and washington dc. Reihenname bruno chef de police the dordogne mysteries martin walker 1947 erdachte vor uber zehn jahren die heute 14 bucher starke serie zusatzlich zur buchreihe gibt es drei kurzgeschichten und zwei begleitbucher ihren ursprung hat die reihe im jahr 2008. Bruno chief of police series by martin walker bruno chief of police series 14 primary works o 18 total works bruno is the chief of police in fact the only police officer in the small town of st denis france