The Devil's Feast: The Blake and Avery Mystery Series (Book 3): The Blake and Avery Mystery Series, cartea 3
Autor M. J. Carteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 oct 2017
Long-listed for a CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger
'Wonderful ... The Devil's Feast proves to be a sumptuous treat'The Times
'Criminally good ... I love this mystery series - it just gets better and better'Woman & Home
London, 1842. There has been 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.
Captain William Avery is persuaded to investigate, and soon discovers a web of rivalries and hatreds, both personal and political, simmering behind the club's handsome façade - and in particular concerning 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 was only a dress rehearsal for something far more sinister?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241966884
ISBN-10: 0241966884
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria The Blake and Avery Mystery Series
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241966884
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria The Blake and Avery Mystery Series
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
M.
J.
Carter
is
a
former
journalist
and
the
author
of
the
Blake
and
Avery
series,The
Strangler
Vine,The
Printer's
Coffin(formerly
published
asThe
Infidel
Stain)
andThe
Devil's
Feast,
and
two
acclaimed
works
of
non-fiction,Anthony
Blunt:
His
LivesandThe
Three
Emperors:
Three
Cousins,
Three
Empiresand
the
Road
to
World
War
One.
M.
J.
Carter
is
married
with
two
sons
and
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
Wonderful.
.
.
the
whodunit
plot
takes
incelebrity
chefs,extraordinary
cuisine,international
diplomacyand
andVictorian
political
shenanigans.
The
Devil's
Feast
proves
to
bea
sumptuous
treat.
Thekeynoteto this third Blake & Avery outing isenjoyment- in thesharp,cleverplot, thetelling detailand the author'suncanny abilityto summon up the inner sanctum of the Victorian male club, a debtor's prison or Soyer'sextraordinarydishes.
Few sleuthsare asidiosyncraticas Avery and Blake . . . Carter is stillan irresistible conduittocrime in the past.
The Infidel Stainis a richly detailed and smartly plotted novel that firmly establishes Carter as an authentic voice in the world of historical crime.
Witty and unfailingly readable...its contemporary resonance [is] all the more effective for being implicit.
The Strangler Vinewas a promising and enjoyable debut - plenty of action, rich in historical detail, all crowned with a very clever twist. Carter has proved withThe Infidel Stainthat it was not a one-off.
An entertaining stew of blackmail, murder, cross-dressing and incomprehensible slang ... like Dickens, Carter's righteous anger at Victorian hypocrisy does not prevent her from revelling in it with infectious glee.
While the relationship between the dynamic duo Blake and Avery evolves in a nuanced, tender way the real star of the show in this complex, clever novel is London itself.
If this series is not bought for film, it would be another mark of the corporate stupidity that lost the BBC Ripper Street. It is, however, far more pleasurable and impressive to read.
M.J. Carter is a slick storyteller who combines respect for a good murder with cool historical analysis . . . [The Infidel Stain] promises to be an equally pertinent comment, in the year of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, on the price of a free press.
Thekeynoteto this third Blake & Avery outing isenjoyment- in thesharp,cleverplot, thetelling detailand the author'suncanny abilityto summon up the inner sanctum of the Victorian male club, a debtor's prison or Soyer'sextraordinarydishes.
Few sleuthsare asidiosyncraticas Avery and Blake . . . Carter is stillan irresistible conduittocrime in the past.
The Infidel Stainis a richly detailed and smartly plotted novel that firmly establishes Carter as an authentic voice in the world of historical crime.
Witty and unfailingly readable...its contemporary resonance [is] all the more effective for being implicit.
The Strangler Vinewas a promising and enjoyable debut - plenty of action, rich in historical detail, all crowned with a very clever twist. Carter has proved withThe Infidel Stainthat it was not a one-off.
An entertaining stew of blackmail, murder, cross-dressing and incomprehensible slang ... like Dickens, Carter's righteous anger at Victorian hypocrisy does not prevent her from revelling in it with infectious glee.
While the relationship between the dynamic duo Blake and Avery evolves in a nuanced, tender way the real star of the show in this complex, clever novel is London itself.
If this series is not bought for film, it would be another mark of the corporate stupidity that lost the BBC Ripper Street. It is, however, far more pleasurable and impressive to read.
M.J. Carter is a slick storyteller who combines respect for a good murder with cool historical analysis . . . [The Infidel Stain] promises to be an equally pertinent comment, in the year of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, on the price of a free press.