[Gourmet Detective 03] • Dying on the Vine
![[Gourmet Detective 03] • Dying on the Vine](/cover/Ef3u7XUL7zSt8Y36/big/[Gourmet%20Detective%2003]%20%e2%80%a2%20Dying%20on%20the%20Vine.jpg)
- 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
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...