A taste for vengeance

"A missing woman a shocking pregnancy a dash of international intrigue and a bottle or two of good Bergerac: it's another case for Bruno Chief of Police. When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in Bruno's usually idyllic Dordogne village of St. Denis the worried hostess is quick to call on Bruno for help. Monica Felder is nowhere to be found and her husband a retired British major is unreachable. And not long after Bruno discovers that Monica was traveling with a mysterious Irishman (her lover?) the two turn up dead. The Irishman's background in intelligence and his connection to Monica's husband only raise more questions for Bruno. Was she running away? How much does her husband really know? What's the real story behind a scandal buried in the threesome's military past? Meanwhile the star of the girls' rugby team a favorite of Bruno's is pregnant putting at risk her chances of being named to the French national squad. Bruno's search for the truth in both cases leads him to places he hadn't intended to go--but as ever he and his friends take time to savor the natural delights of the Dordogne. Sante!"--