A Retirement Disturbed

Peter Smith has the tranquility of his retirement interrupted by an attack while visiting the Roman Amphitheatre in Arles. He is knocked unconscious and comes to in the company of a well-dressed corpse, Robert DuGresson. Underneath it, in fact. From the moment he gets a late-night visit from the man’s beautiful widow, Smith and his companion in retirement, Arthur the greyhound, find themselves gradually embroiled in a deepening intrigue of Camargue farmers, Provencal conspiracy, Marseilles criminal families, European police and good food.