The Cannes Affair
With its eccentric cast of characters and comic situations, The Cannes Affair offers a new take on literary fiction. The plot is centred on a neglected mansion, ‘Rose du Desert’, set in a seedy backstreet in Cannes and the search for a priceless Michelangelo drawing. In reality, the characters are hunting for quite other things – and unaware of an ancient house-spirit. This occasionally tweaks human events when bored. Ex-pat Caz inherits an apartment in the house from estranged Aunt Agnes and moves in with a cunning rescued dog, shedding her trophy-wife image along with her marriage. Caz becomes an accidental detective when she uncovers sinister events at a local nightclub …