- When Francis Reboul asks Sam Levitt to take a job in Marseille it"s impossible to resist, in this book by the author of A Year in Provence. The second book in Mayle"s crime novel series (following The Vintage Caper) has Sam representing Reboul, as competition over Marseille"s valuable waterfront becomes more hotly disputed-and finding himself right in the middle, with intrigue and danger following closely behind.