St Denis is the victim of a spate of burglaries that are targeting unoccupied homes of foreign owners. When one of the homes turns out to be that of a ex-British spy, Bruno is thrown into the middle of political intrigue, with his on again and off again girl friend, Isabelle and her boss the Brigadier at the centre of the action. Then it really gets complicated when there is a murder at a recently rented home that should have been empty. Bruno is sequestered to the squad investigating the burglaries, via the Brigadier, and he soon believes that the murder and the burglaries are connected.

All the time he has to deal with the funeral for an old man who was a resistance fighter during World War 2.

I enjoyed this though at times it did seem a bit over complicated. The setting of rural France is different to what I usually read and one of the things I really enjoy about the series. It's good to read about a different legal system, because the French system is very different to that in Australia. Well worth a read.