Peter King Books in Order

Sports journalist Peter King surveys the history of professional American football through its notable players, teams, and games. Profiles and photographs trace the sport's development, alongside his assessment of the greatest players in its early decades.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sports journalist Peter King explores NFL history through the careers of its leading quarterbacks. This illustrated volume focuses on the players whose achievements at football's most prominent position helped shape the professional game's story.

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.

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.

Young writer Jack London investigates two saloon workers' murders at the request of San Francisco's mayor. Discovering that both women arrived aboard the same ship from Alaska, he follows a connection leading toward a larger conspiracy.

After witnessing a jailbreak, Jack London becomes a deputy to investigate an emerging team of expert criminals. Their apparent target is a priceless ruby accompanying a visiting performer, drawing him through San Francisco's dangerous districts.

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.

A San Francisco saloon owner is murdered after asking Jack London to investigate threats against his business. London joins Wyatt Earp to follow a violent trail through the Barbary Coast and uncover the forces behind the killing.

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.

In 1870 London, cab driver Ned Parker helps police after a passenger linked to a church theft is found murdered. When another cabbie is arrested on shaky evidence, Ned calls on fellow drivers to help clear his name.

Peter King brings the voice of his football column to a collection of NFL analysis, opinions, rankings, and anecdotes. Player and coaching observations mingle with behind-the-scenes reporting, travel experiences, humor, and his enthusiasm for coffee.