The Marseille Caper

Zusatztext “Peter Mayle . . . whisk[s] you away on another wine-splashed! sun-kissed Provencal escapade in his delightful new Sam Levitt novel.” — The Washington Post “Oh! what a delicious little book this is. . . . [A] luxurious tale of clever deception! byzantine civic politics and! of course! lush and languid passages devoted to food. . . . Like an excellent meal at a beloved restaurant! you’ll savor every morsel! and you’ll be sorry to see it end. A charmer.” — The Denver Post  “Totally fun. . . . This is sophisticated writing without a snobby tone.” — Booklist “Sends readers on a breezy excursion to southern France’s least appreciated city in this entertaining crime novel filled with amiable digressions into the history! cuisine! and local culture of Marseille.” — Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Peter Mayle is the author of fifteen books, nine of them novels, including the beloved bestseller A Year in Provence . A recipient of the Légion d’Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions, he lived in Provence with his wife, Jennie, for more than twenty-five years. Mayle died in 2018. Klappentext When lovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt's last adventure in France ended! he thought it'd be a while before he was back! especially with the beautiful Elena Morales to keep him in Los Angeles. But a job offer from the immensely wealthy Francis Reboul soon has Sam and Elena in sunny Marseille! on a quest for further excitement . . . and delectable dining. Yet as competition over the valuable local waterfront grows more hotly disputed! Sam! representing Reboul! finds himself in the middle of an increasingly intrigue-ridden and dangerous real estate grab. Will Sam survive to enjoy another bowl of bouillabaisse? All will be revealed in the wonderfully satisfying climax to this as-only-Peter-Mayle-can-write-it romp through the south of France. One Shock has a chilling effect, particularly when it takes the form of an unexpected meeting with a man from whom you have recently stolen three million dollars’ worth of wine. Sam Levitt shivered and pulled his terrycloth robe closer around his body, still damp from an early-morning dip in the Chateau Marmont pool.    “Here.” The man on the other side of the table—smiling, tanned, immaculate—slid a cup of coffee across to Sam. “Drink this. It will warm you up. Then we can talk.” He leaned back and watched as that first infinitely welcome cup went down, then another, while Sam tried to gather his wits.    Sam was sitting with Francis “Sissou” Reboul. The last time they had met had been in Marseille, over a glass of champagne at Le Pharo, Reboul’s clifftop palace with a billionaire’s view of the Mediterranean. Sam, on assignment from an international insurance company, was hunting for several hundred bottles of vintage Bordeaux that had been stolen from the Hollywood home of Danny Roth, an entertainment lawyer with a weakness for fine wines. After a search that had taken him from L.A. to Paris to Bordeaux to Marseille, Sam had discovered the stolen bottles in Reboul’s vast cellar. And, being a man who preferred direct action to long and tiresome negotiations with the authorities, he had stolen them back. That, he had thought, was that. A nice, neat job, with no complaints likely from the victim. But here was the victim himself, in the garden of the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, behaving for all the world like an acquaintance who was trying to be a friend.    “Perhaps I should have given you some warning,” said Reboul, with a shrug, “but I only flew into Los Angeles last night—there’s some business I need to attend to here—and I thought I would take the opportunity to come and say bonjour .” He took a card from his top pocket and pushed it across the table. “You see? Here’s the little so...

Product details

• Authors: Peter Mayle
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2013
• EAN: 9780307740953
• ISBN: 978-0-307-74095-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS; Sam Levitt Capers; Sam Levitt Capers
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense