02297cam a2200385 i 4500 405427 MeVbMML 20250627145705.0 230113s2023 nyu 000 1 eng 2022059763 9780593319819 UtOrBLW ajm e-fr--- PR6073.A413 C43 2023 823/.914 23/eng/20230113 Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23- author. 20824 A chateau under siege / Martin Walker. A chateau under siege New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 289 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "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" -- Book jacket. Courrèges, Bruno (Fictitious character) Fiction. 20831 Police France Fiction. 20832 Police chiefs France, Southwest Fiction. 20833 Criminal investigation Fiction. 6608 Actors Crimes against Fiction. 20834 Dordogne (France) Fiction. 20835 Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft 485 Walker, Martin, 1947 January 23- Bruno series. 20830 .b29254188 ddc BOOK 30740 30740 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2025-06-27 0 WALK 39045 2025-06-27 28.00 2025-06-27 BOOK 1