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Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery
Murder on the Menu Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery Author:Peter Haining This mouth-watering collection of murder mysteries will whet the appetite of any crime fiction buff. Served in three courses - Specialities de la Maison, Entrees Historigues, and Just Desserts - all twenty-seven of Murder on the Menu's delectable whodunits involve the act of dining. All were written by gourmets, gourmands, or amateur chefs with ... more »a flair for combining their literary craft with a passion for haute cuisine. Many have been cooked up to keep readers salivating until the very last clue or course.
Outstanding among this tantalizing fare is Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter," which so fascinated Alfred Hitchcock that he adapted it for his half-hour TV show. Other prime cuts include Patricia Highsmith's "Sauce for the Goose," Rex Stout's "Poison a la Carte," and Washington Irving's "Guests from Gibbet Island," a tale that equals his "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in eeriness.
Once you've devoured Murder on the Menu, reading mysteries will never be the same. Ditto for dining.« less