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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1991
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Chilly Billy

1 - The Amazing Adventures of Chilly Billy (Oct-2013)
2 - Footprints in the Butter (Jan-2014)

Sam Levitt

1 - The Vintage Caper (Oct-2009)
2 - The Marseille Caper (Nov-2012)
3 - The Corsican Caper (May-2014)
4 - The Diamond Caper (Oct-2015)

Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and t...



  • A beguiling novel of romance, adventure, and tongue-in-cheek suspense set in the South of France, from the beloved, best-selling author of A Year in Provence. Simon Shaw, a rumpled, fortyish English advertising executive, has decided to leave it all ...



  • Once upon a time in Provence, Peter Mayle adopted a dog of uncertain origins and dubious hunting skills and gave him a name -- Boy. Now he gives this canny canine a voice in an irresistible “memoir” that proves that the best vantage point for obs...



  • Bennett is an English expatriate living in France with a champagne taste and a beer bankroll. Happy-go-lucky and a bit roguish, he places an ad in the International Herald Tribune offering his services -- any services. He pursues a response from a we...



  • Hanky-panky on the international art scene is the source of the hilarity and fizz in Peter Mayle's new novel. He flies us back to the south of France (a region some readers of his irresistible best-sellers believe him to have invented), on a wild cha...



  • *NOW A MAJOR FEEL-GOOD FILM STARRING RUSSELL CROWE* When he left depressing, drizzly London for a sun-soaked vineyard in Southern France, he was expecting to find a savvy business investment. Instead, he found himself. Meet Max Skinner. Max spen...



  • Gastronomy is a wonderful starting point to study France and the French. As the retired schoolmaster from Provence says 'The religion of France is food. And wine, of course.' And they put their money where their mouth is, spending a greater proporti...



  • FROM HOLLYWOOD TO MARSEILLE with delicious stops to Bordeaux and crime is threaded in between, Peter Mayle's latest novel is filled with the culinary delights and entertaining characters that make him our treasured chronicler of French food and life....



  • Lovable rogue and sleuth extraordinaire Sam Levitt is back in another beguiling, as-only-Peter-Mayle-can-write-it romp through the South of France. At the end of The Vintage Caper, Sam had just carried off a staggering feat of derring-do in the he...






  • Bestselling author Peter Mayle and acclaimed children’s book illustrator Arthur Robins combine their talents in this delightful children’s storybook. Once you’ve met Chilly Billy and heard of his adventures inside the refrigerator, you’ll nev...



  • Peter Mayle and Arthur Robins combine their talents to bring you this delightful children’s storybook, first released in 1987. In The Amazing Adventures of Chilly Billy you met the little man who lives in the fridge. Now Footprints in the Butter br...



  • Here is Peter Mayle at his effervescent best -- his master sleuth, Sam Levitt, eating, drinking, and romancing his way through the South of France even as he investigates a case of deadly intrigue among the Riviera’s jet set. Billionaire Francis...



  • Bon vivant and expert sleuth Sam Levitt and his partner in love and intrigue, Elena Morales, return in the latest installment of the delightfully sun-splashed Provençal Caper series. When a Riviera socialite’s diamonds are stolen -- the latest ...




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    The author of "A Year in Provence" samples the best that life can offer, from handmade shoes and limousine etiquette, to the art of keeping a mistress in style and the world's best caviar, in a whimsical look at the lifestyles of the rich....



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    In his most delightful foray into the wonders of Provençal life, Peter Mayle returns to France and puts behind him cholesterol worries, shopping by phone, California wines, and other concerns that plagued him after too much time away.In Encore ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Peter Mayle has published 16 books.

Peter Mayle does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Murder in the Med, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Peter Mayle, A Year in Provence, was published in June 1991.

Yes. Peter Mayle has 2 series.