Lovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is normally back another beguiling, as-only-Peter-Mayle-can-write-it romp through the Southern of France.

By the end from the Vintage Caper, Sam got just carried off a staggering feat of derring-do in the heart of Bordeaux, infiltrating the ranks of the French elite to recovery a stolen, invaluable wine collection. Using the doubtful legality of the adventure-and the risk of some very powerful opponents!-Sam idea it’d be considered a while before he returned to on the subject of The Marseille Caper France, especially with the charms of the beautiful Elena Morales to preserve him in LA.

But when the immensely wealthy Francis Reboul-the sufferer of Sam’s last heist but somebody who understands talent when he sees it-asks our hero to have a job in Marseille, it’s impossible for Sam and Elena to resist the chance of further excitement . to say nothing at all from the pleasures of the spot. Soon both are taking pleasure in the coastal sunshine as well as the delectable meals and wine that Marseille is known. Yet like a competition more than Marseille’s beneficial waterfront grows even more hotly disputed, Sam, representing Reboul, finds himself in the center of an increasingly intrigue-ridden and dangerous real-estate grab, with thuggish gangsters using one side and sharklike designers on the other.

Can Sam survive this caper unscathed? Can he live to enjoy another bowl of bouillabaisse? All will become revealed-with good luck, savvy, and a lot of help from Sam’s friends-in the novel’s wonderfully satisfying climax.