A second enjoyable helping of rural life in France from the author of A Year in Provence Despite having already made a spectacle of himself in front of the locals, Peter Mayle tries to settle into the relaxed Provençal way of doing things. However, he finds that there is still much to divert him from his endeavours to lead the quiet life. An urgent call from London requesting truffles leads Mayle to a shady rendezvous at the side of a dusty road; the discovery of antique gold coins at the bottom of the garden turns into a nighttime treasure hunt; the prospect of forest fires has him nervously looking over his shoulder and he even tracks down a man whose ambition is to make toads sing the ‘Marseillaise’. In-between their adventures among the local inhabitants, Mayle and his wife co

An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. But this islander, Tormod Macdonald - now an elderly man suffering from dementia - has always claimed to be an only child. When Tormod's family approach Fin Macleod for help, Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery.