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Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 8
Publisher
St. Martins Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
On a voyage from another era, the detective encounters a thoroughly modern murder The Danube Express was once the most famous train on the continent. Linking east and west, it was the fastest route from the Alps to the Black Sea, until airplanes and automobiles made it obsolete. When a group of savvy investors revived it in the 1970s, it became an Express only in name. A five-star hotel on wheels, it is now a luxurious iconand it's celebrating its...
Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
For five generations, the Belvedere family restaurant has been a Louisiana landmark. Unfortunately, the Belvedere clan inherits more than a talent for cooking from each other-they also have an unfortunate tendency of becoming insane. When the latest Belvedere patriarch loses his mind, his son attempts to take over the business, only to find that the ancient family cookbook has vanished-and with it the priceless recipe for the world famous Oysters...
Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
The gourmet detective realizes that the Alpine Springs health resort is not a typical spa somewhere in the middle of his first cocktail. Where other retreats promote abstinence, exercise, and bland food, this quiet little Swiss chalet preaches indulgence. Guests are allowed to eat, drink, and smoke as much as they want, and exercise is strictly optional. For this epicure, it is paradise-and it may also be his doom. He has come from London to speak...
Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
When a jousting match at a medieval fair turns into old-fashioned murder, the Gourmet Detective sets out to unmask the killer.
At Sir Gerald's medieval festival, the castle is authentic, the jousting is rousing, and the wenches are the sauciest in the land. The only thing missing is decent food. And so Sir Gerald calls in London's gourmet detective, an expert food finder, whose specialties include locating rare ingredients, designing historically...
Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
While on a visit to a mozzarella factory in Italy, the Gourmet Detective investigates the murder of a famous chef who was his host. In-between the sleuthing, information on pasta and vino.
Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
The hero is an unnamed chef in London who draws on his epicurean and investigative skills to hunt a killer among omelettes and vats of sauce. The novel, the first in a series, features many real recipes and actual cooking techniques.
Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Known as "the Celestial Spice," Ko Feng was the most treasured of all of the spices in the ancient world for its extraordinary taste and its purported qualities as an aphrodisiac. Ko Feng has been lost for centuries, so when it is rediscovered, the demand is overwhelming and the price astronomical. The Gourmet Detective, called to New York by an old friend to authenticate the shipment of Ko Feng, is bewildered when the spice is stolen from right under...
Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The Gourmet Detective investigates three killings in an English-owned vineyard in the South of France. To catch the killer, he must brave bees and a near-drowning in a vat of wine. By the author of Spiced to Death.
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