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The devil's feast / M.J. Carter.

By: Series: Blake and Avery ; 3Publication details: London : Penguin , 2017.Description: 361 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780241966884
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: 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 fącade. 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?
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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 fącade. 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?

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