The St. Tropez Lonely Hearts Club: A Novel

Contessa Carlotta di Ponti, stunningly beautiful and filthy rich, has come to Saint-Tropez to find true love. She soon encounters the colourful jetsetters and hangers-on who populate the Mediterranean paradise every summer, including Fabrizio Bricconi, gigolo and longsuffering toyboy of ex-Russian gymnast Lara Meyer, and Sophie Silvestri, aging sixties sex goddess, now living in seclusion with her many cats and dogs.

The party season kicks off with a spectacular bash at billionaire Harry Silver's palatial mansion, but tragedy soon strikes and, amidst the social glamour and the parties, a series of bizarre and increasingly dangerous incidents occur. Could danger be afoot for the bejewelled citizens of Saint-Tropez?

It is up to glamorous detective Gabrielle Poulpe to save the day or life on Saint-Tropez as its residents know it could be over forever. Can Gabrielle find the culprit before it's too late?

Join the wealthy and the fabulous in the ultimate playground of the rich and the famous, for sun, sex and scandal as they battle a threat from within...