Hankypanky on the international art scene is the source of the hilarity and fizz in Peter Mayles new novel He flies us back to the south of France (a region some readers of his irresistible bestsellers believe him to have invented), on a wild chase through galleries, homes of prominent collectors, and wickedly delectable restaurants There are stopovers in the Bahamas and England, and in New York, where that glossiest of magazines, Decorating Quarterly, reflects the cuttingedge trendiness of its editor, Camilla Jameson Porter (Camilla has recently broken new ground in the world of power lunches by booking two tables on the same day, and shuttling between them, at the citys trendiest restaurant )It is Camilla who has sent our hero, Andre Kelly, to Cap Ferrat to take glamorous photographs of the houses and treasures of the rich, famous, and fatuous He happens to have his camera at the ready when he spots a C233zanne being loaded onto a plumbers truck near the home of an absent collector Odd, thinks Andre And in no time hes on the trail of a stateoftheart art scam, chasing C233zanne Its a joy to follow him and the crowds intent on speeding or foiling his questincluding a beautiful agent a supersavvy art dealer attracted to the finer things in life, especially if they promise the payoff of a lifetime an awesome Dutch forger some outstandingly greedy New York sophisticates and, invisible in the background, the parade of remarkable chefs whose mouthwatering culinary masterpieces periodically soothe the hero and tantalize the reader of Chasing C233zanne