Martin Walker: Black Diamond, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

Das organisierte Verbrechen hält Einzug in St. Denis und Bruno bekommt es nicht nur mit Mord, Prostitution Minderjähriger und illegalen Einwanderern zu tun, nein, der Schatz der französischen Küche, die Trüffel aus dem Perigord, werdem von billigen chinesischen Trüffeln verdrängt. Da kann nur die Chinesische Mafia hinter stecken. Truffle trouble, Asian antagonism and sadistic slaughter: all in a day's work for Bruno.

France's Périgord region is the proud home of the famed black truffle, the "Black Diamond". Yet reports are coming in that this treasured asset is being adulterated with an inferior Chinese substitute, affecting the value of the genuine article. Bruno is called in to investigate.
Meanwhile, tension is brewing in Saint Denis. A Vietnamese market stall has been vandalized by a Chinese gang, leaving inter-country relations at breaking point, Then, as if to prove that bad things come in threes, murder rears its ugly head. Bruno can't help but wonder if these problems are connected.
When his suspicions are confirmed, Bruno finds himself facing a very present danger, one brought about by a long-buried feud tracing all the way back to France's colonial past.

Klappentext

At the heart of French gastronomy lies the famed black truffle of the Périgord. But France's truffles are being adulterated with cheaper ones from China, and it seems that Chinese organised crime is behind the fraud. The third internationally bestselling case for Bruno, Chief of Police.

In St Denis market, a Vietnamese family has been selling their dishes for years, until their stall is wrecked by attackers who look Chinese. Again it appears that organised crime is behind the outrage, firing the opening shots of a Viet-Chinese triad war. When vicious murder, illegal immigration and the importation of underage girls for prostitution are added to the mix, Bruno has his work cut out to keep St Denis from tearing itself apart.