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A Healthy Place to Die

Peter KingSeries: Gourmet Detective
5
(2)
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Pages
230
Year
2012
Language
English
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road

About

While relaxing at a Swiss health spa, the detective finds the treatment can be deadly The gourmet detective realizes that the Alpine Springs health resort is not a typical spa somewhere in the middle of his first cocktail. Where other retreats promote abstinence, exercise, and bland food, this quiet little Swiss chalet preaches indulgence. Guests are allowed to eat, drink, and smoke as much as they want, and exercise is strictly optional. For this epicure, it is paradiseand it may also be his doom.   He has come from London to speak about fine dining, but while here he fully intends on enjoying himself. One night he arranges a tryst with a fellow expert, a beautiful young woman named Kathleen Evans. They are deep in the woods, about to begin enjoying themselves, when something knocks the detective out cold. When he comes to, Kathleen has vanished, and the detective begins to suspect that life in the Alps is not as healthful as it appears.

Related Subjects

  • Crime
  • Adult Fiction
  • General
  • Mystery & Detective
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  • Private Investigators

Extended Details

  • SeriesGourmet Detective #5

    Reviews

    "[King] introduces the reader to a delightful array of funny characters and mouthwatering recipes."
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    "This appealing detective serves up nuggets of culinary trivia and wry food humor."
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    "[King] positively stuffs the book with useful tips on food and cookery techniques.... Thought for food and food for thought are abundant."
    Publishers Weekly

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    Peter KingAuthor

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