Kevin Duffy, a young American surfer, has inexplicably fallen to his death from an overlook in the cliffside park high above the Cotes des Basques beach in Biarritz. Peter Ellis, an investigative journalist who lived in Biarritz as a young man, is summoned from Paris by his old friend, Maurice Claverie-Laporte, a recently retired organized crime inspector. The corrupt police chief, Jacques LeClerc, has ruled the death an accident but Claverie-Laporte is not convinced and with good reason. LeClerc has close ties to local Mafia boss Joseph "Jojo" Gambia and his charming, treacherous partner,...

When David, a self-proclaimed anxiety-ridden introvert, convinces himself he's dying of cancer, he invites his delightfully unpredictable, Xanax-popping, chardonnay-swilling mother on a series of international good-bye vacations. By doing so, he unwittingly opens a Pandora's Box of hilarious and humiliating events that will test just how far they are willing to go to get a laugh.

David knows the trips will be anything but boring because he and his mom have been causing a scene for as long as he can remember. He describes her as a cross between Bea Arthur and Karen Walker from Will...

When David, a self-proclaimed anxiety-ridden introvert, convinces himself he's dying of cancer, he invites his delightfully unpredictable, Xanax-popping, chardonnay-swilling mother on a series of international good-bye vacations. By doing so, he unwittingly opens a Pandora's Box of hilarious and humiliating events that will test just how far they are willing to go to get a laugh.

David knows the trips will be anything but boring because he and his mom have been causing a scene for as long as he can remember. He describes her as a cross between Bea Arthur and Karen Walker from Will...