Martin Walker has written 13 mystery detective books based on Bruno, Chef de Police at St Denis a mythical town in the Dordogne and accepted as based on his friends Pierrot and Raymond from Le Bugue a town 25 minutes from Lalinde and the summer home of Martin. http://www.brunochiefofpolice.com/
His stories are intertwined throughout our local villages and for his enthusiastic readers and followers an adventure is guaranteed as you use his stories as a map for the region. Fortunately the real murder and crime rate is far lower than his stories suggest ! Maison Porte del Marty is an ideal base to explore the villages so beautifully described in his books. Many of his followers from the millions of sales made worldwide come to the Dordogne / Perigord to experience first hand his storytelling.
