[Gourmet Detective 03] • Dying on the Vine

[Gourmet Detective 03] • Dying on the Vine
Authors
King, Peter
Publisher
St. Martin's Dead Letter
Tags
suspense , mystery
ISBN
9780312966836
Date
1998-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.86 MB
Lang
en
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And the main course is...murder.

Animated by a passion for food, wine and justice, the Gourmet Detective travels to Provence to investigate a shadowy business deal between two vineyards. But before he can even sample the delights of *Pate de Grives* on triangles of hot, crisp toast, he encounters a corpse leaning against a cart in the vineyard. Was he really gored to death by *sangliers*, wild boars rumored to live in the abandoned caves surrounding the village? And why would a tiny vineyard want to buy out its enormous neighbor-- and competitor-- at any price? Has one of them developed a wine to die for? Trusting *In Vino Veritas*, the Gourmet Detective follows his palate through a host of Provencal delicacies and sanguinary divertissements while a brilliant killer with exquisite taste prepares to serve him his last meal...