Death Al Dente (Culinary Mysteries (Paperback))

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Summary: Ah! the Italian way of life...
Review: I have to say I enjoyed this book very much, but I supposed I'm biased, since my background is Italian. The book is entertaining and very informative in regards to Italy, the Italians and their food. It's not a bad mystery but it is kind of confusing. I still can't connect the murder with the purpose of the Gourmet Detective of having to go to Italy to pick one of the three. It is seems to have been pulled by the hairs of some voluminous Italian donna

I suppose I am getting a bit tired of Mr. King's writing style. Once you read one of his books, you've read them all. There is no actual surprise in them because all of them follow the same pattern, and after a few books diagramed in this way, one gets a bit flustered at so much predictability. I would have enjoyed this book very much if it was the first one I read from within the series. It is certainly better than the first one - called, not surprisingly, "The Gourmet Detective" - but, being the fourth one in the series, it makes no diffenrece to me at this point.

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Summary: death al dente
Review: Peter King's writing, like a fine wine improves with age. "Death al Dente" The fourth book in the Gourmet Detective series, is possibly King's finest work to date. The food descriptions make your mouth water and the information about Italy and Italian wines is truly enlightning. Combine the food, the wine and a multiple murder mystery and you have a book well worth reading. I would highly recommend this book to anyone with a penchant for culinary mysteries.