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The Marseilles Caper (2000)

by Peter Mayle(Favorite Author)

3.14 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

series

Sam Levitt

review 1: I want to give this 2.5 stars, really. I do love Peter Mayle. However, this book is not his best. The plot is fairly thin, and there really is no mystery at all to this "caper". The characters are mostly two-dimentional, the climax is almost silly, and the ending predictable. Despite all this, it does offer his light, fluid and delicious voice as he takes us on a little adventure - with plenty of lovely food and wine along the way - in the spectacular lives of the wealthy and fabulous of Marseille, France. Reading it is like eating expensive candy.
review 2: The reader of an audiobook definitely makes a difference in enjoyment of the story and this reader, while he created interesting voices for the various nationalities and accents, read the dialogue so s... morelooowly. Also, it turns out this is a second book, though that didn't really matter. The previous caper was mentioned in the setup of this story, but I don't think I missed a thing by not having read it. A fun story that takes place in Marseille, full of chicanery, bribery, action adventure, kidnapping, and plenty of fine French food and wine. less

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