Time for yet another Peter Mayle French adventure! After Vintage , this one becomes slightly predictable, in the sense that you know Sam Levitt and friends will outwit the villains by twisting the plot, and the baddies will be murderous yet bumbling. Vronsky is also formulaic as the evil, rich Russian, while it feels unbelievable that his paid men, the Oblomovs, were so easily made fools of. Nevertheless, it is still signature Mayle with its views of the French landscape, delicious meals and quick-witted hatching of plans, though I would have liked a longer tour of Corsica. Scenic, gastronomic, comic and also, quick reading! The Corsican Caper Peter Mayle (Vintage Books, 2015)