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lovely rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is back in some other beguiling, as-only-Peter-Mayle-can-write-it romp through the South of France.

on the finish of The antique Caper, Sam had simply carried off a astounding feat of derring-do in the heart of Bordeaux, infiltrating the ranks of the French elite to rescue a stolen, beneficial wine assortment. With the questionable legality of the journey—and the threat of some very robust enemies!—Sam concept it’d be a even as before he lower back to France, especially with the charms of the pretty Elena Morales to keep him in l. a..

but when the immensely wealthy Francis Reboul—the sufferer of Sam’s final heist however somebody who is aware of ability while he sees it—asks our hero to take a job in Marseille, it’s unattainable for Sam and Elena to withstand the potential of further pleasure . . . to mention nothing of the pleasures of the region. Soat the two are experienceing the coastal sunshine and the delecdesk food and wine for which Marseille is known. yet as a competition over Marseille’s valuable waterfront grows more hotly disputed, Sam, representing Reboul, finds himself in the course of an an increasing number of intrigue-ridden and threatening actual-estate grab, with thuggish gangsters on one side and sharklike developers at the other.

Will Sam continue to exist this caper unscathed? Will he reside to experience some other bowl of bouillabaisse? All can be found out—with success, savvy, and a large number of help from Sam’s pals—in the novel’s wonderfully pleasurable climax.