The incident that sets off the events in Peter Mayle’s best detective novel, bursting with scintillating humor, happens in Los Angeles.
For Danny Roth, a high-paid American lawyer, a collection of elite French wine is stolen from his personal wine cellar—his Hollywood gourmet’s special pride, his status poured into bottles.
The investigation of the five hundred bottles draws in insurance investigator Sam Levitt. Tracing this brilliant crime leads him first to magnificent Bordeaux châteaux and then to Marseille, with its strong character and distinctive charm.