Rosaria Carpinelli Consulenze Editoriali - A Dead Body in the Kitchen

A “wrong” recipe causes pandemonium in a prestigious Roman restaurant. But the farce soon turns into tragedy, and the smell of murder hangs in the air. However, the world of haute cuisine is frequented by the powerful. The investigation requires someone like the music-loving prosecutor Manrico Spinori, who combines expertise with just the right amount of an innate refusal to be intimidated.

The news is sensational: the select customers of Controcorrente, a multi-starred restaurant in Rome, have fallen victim to food poisoning. Nothing so serious, after all, except that one of them, an army colonel, dies after forty-eight hours. Investigations reveal that the incriminated dishes all contained psilocybin, a substance found in some hallucinogenic mushrooms. But psilocybin is not lethal, so there must be another ingredient that killed the soldier. The case, which also interests the secret services, becomes even more complicated when the number of deaths rises to two. Forced to interrupt his vacation to deal with it, Manrico Spinori solves the mystery with the help of his team—composed entirely of women—skillfully untangling false leads and suspicious interference. He also begins a special collaboration with a very skilled and very attractive spy.

Publication date: 17.06.2025
Publisher: Einaudi
Country: Italy