Recipes for Murder: Dishes for Mysteries of Agatha Christie - Karen Pierce

The book is in English.

Hardcover, 200 pages.

Poison, knives, and bullets abound in Agatha Christie's stories, but so too does the food she uses to describe the setting, develop characters, and, of course, commit murder. This deadly-enticing cookbook offers one easy, easy-to-prepare dish or drink for each of the 66 novels in the Duchess of Death series. Karen Pierce has carefully selected the delicious, intriguing dishes mentioned in Agatha Christie's works and recreated the recipes to satisfy our appetites.

Recipes include The Perfect Cup of Coffee (The Styles Affair), Rice Pudding (Murder in a Country Village), Oysters Rockefeller (The Mystery of the Orient Express), Lemon Lemonade Cocktail (Death on the Nile) and "Thomas Roger's" Potatoes (And None Were Saved). Learn how to make a great omelette, cook lamb fiddles properly and serve perfectly timed steaks with French fries. The collection offers insightful details about the history of the recipes and their context from Christie's perspective on life and times. Each dish has been adapted to suit its own era - for example, the steak was fried in 1923 but marinated and grilled in 1964.

This is a fitting tribute to the grand dame of crime fiction. Recipes for Murder is not produced, endorsed or licensed by Agatha Christie Limited, RLJ Entertainment or any person or entity associated with Agatha Christie or her successors.