I finally joined the bookclub I've been sneakily attending for years. The Armchair Mystery Bookclub used to meet at TKE on a Tuesday evening and in between helping customers I would listen in. When Wendy, who has guested on this blog a number of times invited me to join I jumped at the chance. This bookclub has everything, great discussions and a group of strong, funny and inspiring women that - like I said - I've looked up to for years.
Some mystery series are comfort blankets, authors like Louise Penny, Alan Bradley create whole literary eco systems where you can just go and hang out. Three Pines, Buckshaw and now St Denis, the fictional French town where Martin Walker sets his Bruno mysteries.
Children Return brings international intrigue to St Denis, Sami an autistic young muslim whom the village thought was in a French mosque turns up on a French operated airbase in Afghanistan. Meanwhile Bruno is looking into a murder on his turf and a possible endowment for the town from Maya, a Jewish woman sheltered with her brother in St Denis during WWII Powerful forces are racing towards the tiny town, some keen to assess and study Sami, some desperate to silence him for good.
For the purists amongst you that want to start from the beginning pick up Bruno, Chief of Police at your local indie.
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