Gourmet Detective Books in Order
Gourmet Detective is a series of 8 books written by Peter King.
Here, you can see them all in order! (publication year included)
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Gourmet Detective books in publication order
8 books
The Gourmet Detective
by Peter King
1994
A London culinary consultant is drawn into restaurant intrigue when a chef seeks his help with a rival's prized dish. A death among an exclusive circle of food professionals turns his expertise in ingredients and menus toward murder.
Spiced to Death
by Peter King
1997
The Gourmet Detective travels to New York to authenticate a legendary spice thought lost for centuries. When the shipment vanishes and his business associate is killed, he investigates a market where culinary rarity can inspire deadly greed.
Dying on the Vine
by Peter King
1998
Hired to investigate a neighboring winery's strangely generous purchase offers, the Gourmet Detective arrives in Provence to find a corpse. Threats and unusual attacks follow as he searches for the motive behind a suspicious vineyard deal.
Death al Dente
by Peter King
1999
An actor commissions the Gourmet Detective to travel through Italy and choose a chef for a new restaurant. Sampling the country's cuisine becomes dangerous when the murder of an agricultural magnate interrupts his culinary assignment.
A Healthy Place to Die
by Peter King
2000
Filling in for a colleague at a Swiss mountain spa, the Gourmet Detective expects to demonstrate fine cooking. After an assault and a woman's disappearance, threats against him reveal dangers concealed behind the resort's luxurious surroundings.
Eat, Drink, and be Buried
by Peter King
2001
The Gourmet Detective is hired to create authentic food for a medieval festival at a castle. When a jousting knight dies of poisoning, his assignment expands into a murder inquiry amid dangerous reenactments and increasingly real threats.
Roux the Day
by Peter King
2002
A Louisiana restaurant loses its treasured family cookbook just as a new generation tries to take charge. The Gourmet Detective follows the missing recipes to a bookseller, whose murder sends him searching New Orleans for both book and killer.
Dine and Die on the Danube Express
by Peter King
2003
The Gourmet Detective joins a luxury train's anniversary journey through Eastern Europe. A Hungarian actress's disappearance interrupts the lavish meals, and an increasingly strange investigation forces him and the security chief to confront a killer aboard.
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