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Cultures clash when the death of a Parisian journalist has Charlie and Rex partnering with a French detective, in an investigation that whisks the team to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Charlie, Rex and forensics must team up with French detective Valerie 'Val' Bertrand to investigate the murder by drowning of a French food critic whose corpse was found in a gin barrel on St.Pieree and Miquelon, but killed in Canada. The barrel came from the main east coast gin distillery, run by Basil Thomas and his marketing-responsible wife, who fails to hide her affair with the critic, which actually was a ploy. The critic also dined in Galen Wheatcroft's substandard seafood restaurant, served by the frustrated former owner Sophie Doucette, all looking for 'Hank', traced by Jesse, which turns out a nickname for the most exclusive 17th century royal cognac Henry V, focus of an elaborate counterfeit scam, rich enough to kidnap the detectives for and to provide a clever way out.—KGF Vissers