| ISBN |
9780241146361 (hardback) |
| 9780241146378 |
| Author |
Carter, Miranda, 1965- author. |
| Title |
The devil's feast / M. J. Carter. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Fig Tree, 2016. |
| ©2016 |
| Pagination etc. |
360 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Blake and Avery mystery 3. |
| Contents note |
Maps on end papers. |
| Summary Note |
London, 1842. There has been a mysterious and horrible death at the Reform, London's newest and grandest gentleman's club. A death the club is desperate to hush up. Captain William Avery is persuaded to investigate, and soon discovers a web of rivalries and hatreds, both personal and political, simmering behind the club's handsome facade-and in particular concerning its resident genius, Alexis Soyer, 'the Napoleon of food', a chef whose culinary brilliance is matched only by his talent for self-publicity. But Avery is distracted, for where his mentor and partner-in-crime Jeremiah Blake? And what if this first death was only a dress rehearsal for something far more sinister? |
| Subject |
Private investigators -- England -- London -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
| Celebrity chefs -- Fiction |
| Private clubs -- England -- London -- Fiction |
| London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Detective and mystery fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
F CART |
