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A Blake and Avery Novel #3
by M.J. Carter
Investigative team Blake and Avery find themselves entangled in a case involving political conflicts, personal vendettas, and England's first celebrity chef.
London, 1842. Captain William Avery is persuaded to investigate a mysterious and horrible death at the Reform, London's newest and grandest gentleman's club - a death the club is desperate to hush up. What he soon discovers is a web of rivalries and hatreds, both personal and political, simmering behind the club's handsome façade. At the center is its resident genius, Alexis Soyer, "the Napoleon of food," a chef whose culinary brilliance is matched only by his talent for self-publicity.
But Avery is distracted, for where is his mentor and partner in crime Jeremiah Blake? And what if this first death is only a dress rehearsal for something far more sinister?
"Starred Review. Carter again has crafted an ingenious, fast-moving plot with emotional depth and plausible surprises." - Publishers Weekly
"A plethora of clues and suspects and a somewhat lagging pace are offset by amusing Dickensian characterizations and surprising plot twists." - Booklist
"Too many red herrings and not enough good red meat." - Kirkus
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Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
M. J. Carter is a former journalist and the author of two acclaimed works of nonfiction, Anthony Blunt: His Lives and George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I. She is also the author of two previous Blake and Avery novels, The Strangler Vine and The Infidel Stain. Carter is married with two sons and lives in London.
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