Death of a Chef (Capucine Culinary Mystery) - Hardcover

Campion, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0758268815 ISBN 13: 9780758268815

Publisher: Kensington, 2013

Synopsis

"Quel horreur! When the body of acclaimed Chef Jean-Louis Brault and a shotgun are discovered in an antique Louis Vuitton portemanteau, everyone is convinced it's suicide. Distraught at rumors perpetuated by the vituperative food critic, Lucien Folon, that his restaurant La Máere Denis might lose its precious third Michelin star, Brault was considered to be tráes dâesolâe by friends and family alike. But when Capucine is called to the mise-en-scáene, Capucine smells something fishier than a bouillabaissegone bad. And when Le Monde suggests that Capucine's investigation is a cover up for the lethal consequences of food critics everywhere--a profession in which her husband takes great pride--she will stop at nothing to solve the case. As evidence mounts, fine food, fraud, and kidnapping are all main ingredients in Capucine's search for the truth in this dâelicieux mâelange of cuisine et le mystáere."--Dust jacket.

About this title

About the Author

Alexander Campion started out as a true New Yorker, graduating from Columbia and migrating downtown to Wall Street. Early on, someone, a little apologetically, proposed he spend six months maximum in Paris helping out with a new venture his firm had just acquired. He stayed thirty five years, eventually becoming a restaurant critic and progressing inevitably to gastronomic thrillers.

Reviews

Campion’s smart, delicious French procedural series returns for a fourth adventure. Commissaire Capucine LeTellier receives a call from a good friend, who has discovered a body in her just-delivered vintage Louis Vuitton trunk. The dead man is three-star-rated Chef Jean-Louis Brault, recently scorned by restaurant critic Lucien Folon. Capucine and her restaurant-critic husband, Alexandre, use their contacts to ferret out clues from the French dining and wine world. When the body of a famous politician turns up next, with ties to the Brault case, Capucine is discouraged from snooping further, but she and her colleagues pursue several lines of inquiry quietly, looking into the chef’s bankrupt hotel, a mysterious childhood incident, his unusual collecting habits, and his girlfriend, among others. The dialogue and food references will entertain readers, while the many plotlines will keep them turning pages. This is another skillfully constructed mystery from the talented Campion. Fans of Katherine Hall Page will enjoy this one. --Amy Alessio

Edition details

• Publisher: Kensington
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0758268815
• ISBN 13: 9780758268815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320