The Story
Product Description In her eagerly awaited fiction debut, the Washington Posts bestloved, awardwinning food writer, Phyllis Richman, has cooked up a tempting tale of mousse, mayhem, and murder: a tautly woven insiders look at the food and newspaper worlds. Laurence Levain was a culinary superstar, and the highprofile owner and chef of Chez Laurence, an internationally renowned restaurant in Washington, DC. When Levain collapses in his clogs the night before a starstudded blacktie benefit dinner, all bets are on his soaring cholesterol level. But one person has her doubtsChas Wheatley, the Washington Examiners saberpenned restaurant critic. Still carrying a torch for Levain after an affair they had years before, she breaks out all her investigative resources to find the culprit. But the bigcity newspaper and food communities are deadly competitive. About the Author Phyllis Richman was the Washington Post food critic for more than twentythree years. She is the author of the Agathanominated, bestselling Chas Wheatly books as well as The Washington Post Dining Guide. Shes been an awardwinning syndicated columnist and food editor and serves on the executive committees of the James Beard Awards and the Julia Child Cookbook Awards. She lives in Washington, DC.Susan OMalley (a.k.a. Bernadette Dunne) is the winner of numerous AudioFileEarphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Product Description In her eagerly awaited fiction debut, the Washington Posts bestloved, awardwinning food writer, Phyllis Richman, has cooked up a tempting tale of mousse, mayhem, and murder: a tautly woven insiders look at the food and newspaper worlds. Laurence Levain was a culinary superstar, and the highprofile owner and chef of Chez Laurence, an internationally renowned restaurant in Washington, DC. When Levain collapses in his clogs the night before a starstudded blacktie benefit dinner, all bets are on his soaring cholesterol level. But one person has her doubtsChas Wheatley, the Washington Examiners saberpenned restaurant critic. Still carrying a torch for Levain after an affair they had years before, she breaks out all her investigative resources to find the culprit. But the bigcity newspaper and food communities are deadly competitive. About the Author Phyllis Richman was the Washington Post food critic for more than twentythree years. She is the author of the Agathanominated, bestselling Chas Wheatly books as well as The Washington Post Dining Guide. Shes been an awardwinning syndicated columnist and food editor and serves on the executive committees of the James Beard Awards and the Julia Child Cookbook Awards. She lives in Washington, DC.Susan OMalley (a.k.a. Bernadette Dunne) is the winner of numerous AudioFileEarphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
