Spiced to Death (The Gourmet Detective Mysteries)

Spiced to Death (The Gourmet Detective Mysteries)

â€œThis appealing detective serves up nuggets of culinary trivia and wry food humorâ€ (People).
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In the days of Marco Polo, men risked their lives for spices. And in an age when black pepper was so valuable that it was sold one peppercorn at a time, there was no spice more valuable than the legendary Ko Feng. Known as the Celestial Spice, it supposedly vanished five centuries ago, and its name lives on only as culinary myth. But now a sack of it has turned up in New York City, and the leading experts of world cuisine will kill for a taste.
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When Londonâ€™s finest gourmet detective proclaims the mysterious spice authentic, this sack of weeds becomes the most valuable substance on earth, worth thousands of dollars per gram. But soon the spice vanishes, one of his colleagues is murdered, and the detective is forced to dive into New Yorkâ€™s culinary underworld. His palate may be refined, but this gourmet knows how to fight dirty.
Country USA
Manufacturer MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-09-25
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-09-25
Format	Kindle eBook

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