Book Log 2020 #16: Black Diamond by Martin Walker

A wave of anti-Asian crime hits the French village of St. Denis, from an attack on Vietnamese shop vendors to the burning of a local restaurant. While this is going on, a local truffle expert (and former intelligence agent) is murdered. Does the influx of cheap Chinese truffles connect the crimes, or is it just a coincidence?

Once again, local police chief Bruno wades into the mysteries to find the guilty, dispense some local justice where appropriate, and, most importantly, keep the village running as close to normal as possible. We also get a healthy dose of Bruno's personal life as well, between a return of his former girlfriend (who is climbing the ranks of the national police) and interest in someone closer to home.

As with the previous entries in the series, this is a good mystery wrapped in a travelogue that make me wonder why I haven't moved to the Dordogne yet.