num_pages: 224
description: Lovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is back in another beguiling as-only-Peter-Mayle-can-write-it romp through the South of France.At the end of The Vintage Caper Sam had just carried off a staggering feat of derring-do in the heart of Bordeaux infiltrating the ranks of the French elite to rescue a stolen priceless wine collection. With the questionable legality of the adventureand the threat of some very powerful enemies!Sam thought itd be a while before he returned to France especially with the charms of the beautiful Elena Morales to keep him in Los Angeles.But when the immensely wealthy Francis Reboulthe victim of Sams last heist but someone who knows talent when he sees itasks our hero to take a job in Marseille its impossible for Sam and Elena to resist the possibility of further excitement . . . to say nothing of the pleasures of the region. Soon the two are enjoying the coastal sunshine and the delectable food and wine for which Marseille is known. Yet as a competition over Marseilles valuable waterfront grows more hotly disputed Sam representing Reboul finds himself in the middle of an increasingly intrigue-ridden and dangerous real-estate grab with thuggish gangsters on one side and sharklike developers on the other.Will Sam survive this caper unscathed? Will he live to enjoy another bowl of bouillabaisse? All will be revealedwith luck savvy and a lot of help from Sams friendsin the novels wonderfully satisfying climax. 
language: English
title: The Marseille Caper
publisher: Knopf