Death of a Chef (Capucine Culinary Mystery) - Softcover

Campion, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0758268823 ISBN 13: 9780758268822

Publisher: Kensington, 2014

Synopsis

"Devotees of G.M. Malliet and Charles Todd will enjoy this different and delicious series." --Booklist

Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier and her husband, a renowned restaurant critic, are frequent and privileged guests of Paris's cultured society. Unfortunately, a more refined milieu doesn't keep unsavory behavior like murder off the menu. . .

When the body of acclaimed Chef Jean-Louis Brault and a shotgun are discovered in an antique Louis Vuitton portemanteau, the general consensus is suicide. Brault had been understandably distraught, if not quite unhinged, amidst rumors that his restaurant La Mère Denis might lose its rare third Michelin star. But when Capucine investigates the scene of the crime, she doesn't think it's only the boulliabaisse that smells fishy. 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.

Praise for Alexander Campion and the Capucine Culinary Mysteries

"Riveting gastronomic mystery. . . Readers will want a second helping." --Publishers Weekly on The Grave Gourmet

"Steeped in Parisian culture and class structure. . .this mystery makes for a fine getaway read." --Library Journal on Killer Critique

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.

From Booklist

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Kensington
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0758268823
• ISBN 13: 9780758268822
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336