Murder in the Limelight

Auguste Didier #2

by Amy Myers

Hired to cook for London's high-society when they convene at the Galaxy Theater in London's West End, master chef Auguste Didier is once again drawn into a murder investigation.

Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

aka Laura Daniels, Harriet Hudson

Amy Myers was born in Kent, where she still lives, although she has now ventured to the far side of the Medway. For many years a director of a London publishing company, she is now a full-time writer. Married to an American, she lived for some years in Paris, where, surrounded by food, she first dreamed up her Victorian chef detective Auguste Didier. Currently she is writing her contemporary crime series starring Jack Colby, car detective, and in between his adventures continuing her Marsh & Daughter series and her Victorian chimnney sweep Tom Wasp novels.

Series:
* Peter and Georgia March
* Auguste Didier
* Tom Wasp

Anthologies edited:
* After Midnight Stories

Reviews

[Jane Mercer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Second tale of Auguste Didier french cook turned detective.
Somebody is murdering showgirls from the Galaxy Theatre, Auguste runs the restaurant attached to the theatre and as the first murdered showgirl turns up he is asked to help with the investigation by Inspector Rose.
I found this a little slower than the first book and wasn't sure I liked the way it went from person to person describing their actions either.
On the whole though it was an interesting look at the theatre, the murderer wasn't too obvious and the tale overall entertaining

[William Freeman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haven't read a coczy mystery for a while and this was a new series for me. Enjoyable light read with enough red herrings to keep you guessing. A littgle contrite but what did you ecpect would have made it 3 1/2 if possible felt that three was to stingey a book is as good as good as what you get out of it and I got a fun read.