Cannes 1966 - and Vince is on the Riviera mixing with movie stars, drug barons and assassins alike. But who the actors are and who are the real villains and thieves is often unclear...

Lights, action . . . kill 'em!

When Vince Treadwell goes on the trail of a famed cat burglar who has stolen a movie star's diamonds at the Ritz in London, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of Teddy the Levantine, an international jewel fence. To prove his innocence, Vince must nail Jean-Jacques Messina, a fabled French bank robber, organized crime figure and burgeoning crime mogul.

This takes Vince down to the French Riviera and the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, to rub shoulders with movie stars, directors, producers and screenwriters. A world of glamour, glitz, gargantuan egos, psychotic gangsters, millions of dollars, heists . . . and murder.



Praise for Kiss Me Quick and The Gilded Edge

'Vince Treadwell is what Bond would have been if he'd joined the Met rather than MI6.' The Book Bag


'A hugely atmospheric and violent tale.' Daily Telegraph


'A dark and involving story of misplaced passion and menace.' Daily Express

'A fiendishly complex plot.' Sunday Times