Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A food journalist must stop a series of murders in France's gourmet capital of Lyon before it endangers the city's long-standing culinary tradition. Laure Grenadier heads to Lyon, France's traditional capital of gourmet food, with her photographer Paco Alvarez to review the city's traditional bistros, interview the town's best chefs, and uncover the top local food producers. Everything changes when a restaurant owner is found dead. A wave of panic follows with the second murder, and the food writer sets out to find the truth.
Synopsis
When food is so much more than a meal...
A routine assignment in Lyon, France's traditional capital of gourmet food, turns bitter for food writer Laure Grenadier when a beloved chef is found murdered. A wave of panic follows with a second death, and Laure sets out to find the truth. As she reviews the city's traditional bistros, interviews the town's best chefs and local food producers, and shares stories and culinary lore with her photographer Paco Alvarez, she uncovers secrets and rivalries. But will she find the murderer before the city loses more of its master chefs?
Laure's passion for food and deep knowledge of culinary history combine with a reporter's natural curiosity and a particular Parisian chic, turning her into a natural sleuth in a city where food is so much more than a meal. Paco's photographer's eye brings the details to life, while murder and mayhem spice up the mix.
In this fun, satisfying, mouth-watering French mystery novel, authors Noel Balen and Vanessa Barrot whisk readers to France for a troubling mystery, local culinary anecdotes, recipes, home-grown products, and very human feelings.
"When you feel as much hunger as grief, then you know you're still alive."