This is a pick with reservations. It‘s the first book in a series and ends on a kind of cliffhanger. This vexes me. Set in the 1950s, the plot feels cinematic, with a The Thomas Crown Affair vibe. Jerome Curtis is an insurance inspector, sent to Cannes when an infamous jewelry thief strikes at Cannes. It‘s an entertaining, albeit predictable, heist novel, and not a bad way to spend an afternoon.