Take one rooky female cop Add a dash or two of mysterious death And a heap of prejudice and suspicion Place all in a small French spa town And stir well Turn up the heat And simmer until thoroughly cooked The result will be surprising Palm Trees in the Pyrenees gives you an insight into the workings and atmosphere of small town France against a background of gender, sexual, racial and religious prejudice. The story unfolds, told by Danielle a single, downtrodden , thirty year old, who is the only cop in the small Pyrenean town. She feels unappreciated and unnoticed, having been passed over for promotion in favour of her male colleagues working in the region. But everything is about to change. The sudden and mysterious death of a much hated locally based Englishman will have far reaching affects.