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Cities of the Dead

"Barnes builds her plot like a fine pastry, layer by layer." Chicago Sun-Times

A Michael Spraggue mystery.

When the great chefs of New Orleans stage an elegant banquet, tempers burn hotter than cayenne pepper. Up-and-coming Cajun chef Joseph Fontenot is found with a slender French cooking knife through his heart, and all the evidence points to Dora Levoyer, sublime cook to Boston's wealthhy and eccentric Mary Spraggue Hillman.

A guest at the banquet, Mary summons her nephew Michael Spraggue, actor-cum-private detective, to the scene. And soon Spraggue is investigating a murder case that will leave his mouth burning and his mind spinning. One thing is certain: the solution to the murder will make for a spicy mystery indeed!

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 272
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780440220954
  • Genres
  • mystery
  • Release date
  • 1996