The American Sam Baker and his family are about to wrap up a relaxing vacation in the south of France. A simple mistake thrusts them into the adventure of a lifetime when Sam decides to celebrate teh end of a long family hike with a cold beer at a local cafe. Later, Sam would ask himself many times if that beer was worth the price he would end up paying.Maurice Desvaux, a proud and much decorated policeman in the cith of Aix-en-Provence is caught between a superior who makes his job even tougher than the criminals he has to deal with and a temptation that tests his very soul as a policeman.Louis Jaubert spent twelve years in a Marseille prison for a crime he didn't commit. Now, he's back home and trying to make up for all those lost years. And this time he's guilty. For two years, he has carefully nurtured a pan that will make him rich beyond his imagination. But he has begun to lose his nerve.Between a bungling American who always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and an overzealous cop who dogs his every step, Louis' p[lan was quickly unraveling. Could it be possible, Louis wondered, if these two nemeses could help him pull things back together.