If you're looking for something quick and light, this is a fun read set mostly in restaurants or wine cellars in France. ( )

This is a hard one to give stars to. I found the reader to be a little stilted, but my husband liked his variety of voices. The story itself was amazingly devoid of action for a mystery. Nothing went wrong! I went looking for another copy when we had two minutes left assuming I had missed a disc, only to find it had ended without a very satisfactory conclusion. We enjoyed listening, but felt curiously unfulfilled when it ended. Good writing, though I find Bruno, Chief of Police and Inspector Brunetti are better at food description. They make my mouth water, not so much with this one. ( )

Mayle's book is probably of most interest to people who are really into fine French cooking and exotic French wines. Otherwise, as a mystery or "caper", it falls rather flat. ( )

rabck food bookbox; lite mystery. 3 million dollars of wine was stolen over the holidays from a billionaire's wine cellar. Or was it? Elena engages former crook, turned PI Sam Levitt to crack the case. Since it's a dead end in LA, Sam flies to Bordeaux and meets up with Sophie from the insurance company's French office to try to crack the case. ( )

Typical Peter Mayle. Every time I read one of Mayle's books I end up gaining weight because his descriptions of fine wine and French dishes stimulates my appetite. ( )