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The Dark Vineyard
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Last checked: September 25, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com
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The edition checked here is a 273-page paperback from Vintage Books. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) 9780307454690 ... pbk. ... 273 p. ... Vintage Books

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Topics

  • Country life
  • North Africans
  • Police chiefs
  • World War, 1939-1945

Places

  • France, Southwest

Reading ages

  • Adult

Other books in Bruno, Chief of Police

19 books listed so far

  1. Book 2: The Dark Vineyard
  2. Book 3: Black Diamond
  3. Book 4: The Crowded Grave
  4. Book 5: The Devil's Cave
  5. Book 6: The Resistance Man
  6. Book 7: The Children Return
  7. Book 8: The Patriarch
  8. Book 9: Fatal Pursuit
  9. Book 10: The Templars' Last Secret
  10. Book 11: A Taste for Vengeance
  11. Book 12: The Body in the Castle Well
  12. Book 13: The Shooting at Chateau Rock
  13. Book 14: The Coldest Case
  14. Book 15: To Kill a Troubadour
  15. Book 16: A Chateau Under Siege
  16. Book 17: A Grave in the Woods
  17. Book 18: An Enemy in the Village
  18. Book 19: A Murder in Springtime

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