I actually like the Roger Blanc series, but this time it didn't convince me so much.
Roger wants to spend a quiet weekend in Arles with his mistress, the examining magistrate Aveline Vialaron-Allègre. But it doesn't come to that, because before they meet, Aveline is threatened and a dead man is found underneath the tower of the Ampyitheatre. Avline's handbag is stolen by the murderer and contains important documents that she should hand over to her husband, the Minister of the Interior in Paris. The 'romantic' weekend turns into a hunt for the missing handbag. There are more deaths and a bitter fight against the Front National, in which the chief policeman of Arles and the minister of culture of Arles play an important role.
I hope I like the next book in this series better than this one. ( )