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Peter King


Born
in The United Kingdom
January 01, 1922

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction


Peter King (b. 1922) is an English author of mystery fiction, a Cordon Bleu–trained chef, and a retired metallurgist. He has operated a tungsten mine, overseen the establishment of South America’s first steel processing plant, and prospected for minerals around the globe. His work carried him from continent to continent before he finally settled in Florida, where he led the design team for the rocket engines that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon.

In his spare time, King wrote one-act plays and short mystery stories. When he retired, in 1991, he wrote his first novel, The Gourmet Detective, a cozy mystery about a chef turned sleuth who solves mysteries in the kitchen. King followed it with seven more books starring the character, inc ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 6,861 ratings · 449 reviews · 201 distinct works • Similar authors
The Gourmet Detective (Gour...
3.27 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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Spiced to Death (Gourmet De...
3.47 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions
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Dying on the Vine (Gourmet ...
3.44 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions
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Death al Dente (Gourmet Det...
3.49 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions
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Roux the Day (Gourmet Detec...
3.52 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions
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A Healthy Place to Die (Gou...
3.50 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions
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Eat, Drink, and be Buried (...
3.30 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions
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Dine and Die on the Danube ...
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Hangman's Corner
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Initiation (Changels Book 1)
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Series by Peter King

The Gourmet Detective Spiced to Death Dying on the Vine Death al Dente A Healthy Place to Die Eat, Drink, and be Buried Roux the Day
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