The Devil's feast / M. J. Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Miranda, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private investigators--England--London--19th century--Fiction.

Private investigators.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Celebrity chefs--Fiction.

Celebrity chefs.

Private clubs--England--London--Fiction.

Private clubs.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

420 pages : map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Summary:

"Investigative team Blake and Avery find themselves entangled in a case involving political conflicts, personal vendettas, and England's first celebrity chef. London, 1842. Captain William Avery is persuaded to investigate 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. What he soon discovers is a web of rivalries and hatreds, both personal and political, simmering behind the club's handsome facade. At the center is 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 is his mentor and partner in crime Jeremiah Blake? And what if this first death is only a dress rehearsal for something far more sinister?"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780399171697 : HRD

039917169X : HRD