Orlando Murrin

Paul Delamare has lived a fairly retiring life since the death of his partner. He has a lifetime lease on a lovely cottage in Belgravia but little else apart from a vengeful stepson. When an old friend, the celebrity chaf Christian Wagner, asks him to run a week's cookery school as a favour Paul is railroaded into agreeing. However on the first night Christian is murdered and Paul is suddenly suspect number one - can he solve the crime before he is locked away?
This is a debut novel by an acclaimed food writer and it fits neatly into a fairly cosy crime setting. The plot is fairly obvious and the characters rather cliched but it works. There is a love of the finer things in life running through the novel (wine, perfume, watches etc) as well as a couple of recipes and the mix makes a quick and quite fun read.… (mehr)