Investigative team Blake and Avery find themselves entangled in a case involving political conflicts, personal vendettas, and England's first celebrity chef. London, 1842 . Captain William Avery is persuaded to investigate a mysterious and horrible death at the Reform, London's...
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 fa ade, and in particular concerning its resident genius, Alexis Soyer, "the Napoleon of food," a chef whose...