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Title: Dine and Die on the Danube Express
Author: Peter King
Narrator: David Baker
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-05-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Recipes sizzle and intrigue simmers when the Gourmet Detective takes a ride on the 25th anniversary journey of the world-famous Danube Express. The stately railroad starts its route in the Alps and cuts through Austria, Hungary, and the former Yugoslavia before pulling up on the shores of the Black Sea in Romania. Along the way, its passengers - hailing from Europes business and social elite - sample the best and most enticing foods those countries cuisines have to offer, dishes as unfamiliar and exotic as they are delicious....
From Germany, braised lamb with rutabagas, or roast duck - its skin as crackly as phyllo and the meat juicy and flavorful, served with Savoy cabbage, leeks, carrots, onions, and celery.... From Austria, stuffed breast of veal with buttered chestnuts, served with braised fennel, watercress, and tarragon.... From Hungary, Libermaj, a goose liver pt seasoned with paprika, pimentos, and scallions, blended with hard-boiled eggs and white wine.... From the Balkans, escallopes of veal cooked Dubrovnik style - simmering in onions and mushrooms that have been sauted in butter and seasoned with thyme and bay leaves..... All complemented by some of the finest wines and brandies in the world!
The Gourmet Detective is aboard to see how its done; hes been hired by another luxury rail line to sit back, relax, fill his face, and take notes. But nothing is ever easy - or safe - where food, money, and celebrity meet, and this trip is no exception. When a celebrated Hungarian stage actress vanishes from the moving train, the Gourmet Detective finds himself enlisted in a desperate search for her abductor, or killer, and for answers in a bizarrely unfolding mystery that, as usual, centers on humanitys most consuming passion: food!
As the Danube Express chugs into the night, haute cuisine, fine wine, and murder become the main orders of business on this fun and fascinating foray through a world of mouth-watering delights.
Members Reviews:
Light and Pleasant Reading
Other reviewers, as well as the editorial one, have delineated the setting and plot structure of the book. An anniversary special train, gourmet cooking, wonderful scenery, ancient cities, a distinguished group of travelers, and murder. I've not previously read anything by this author but he appears to be a competent professional, although not in the highest stratum in the detective genre. Notwithstanding that fact, this book has some of the allure of travel on (one would assume) a very expensive, very desirable show train. The amateur detective is a comfortable sort of guy, an expert on wine and foodstuffs, apparently a congenial companion, and, certainly, not a rough and tumble fighter nor an intellectual snob. He does meet some beautiful women but there is no suggestion of his bedding any of them. His forte, and the role to which the Professional who has solicited his aid assigns him, is simply talking to other travelers and sharing any information acquired with the official. There are some moments of physical action and danger but that is by way of creating some excitement in what is basically a novel of talk.
Over-all, I found it a pleasant traveling companion, sufficiently involving to justify the trip one takes, not, however, a vehicle for those desiring intense suspense nor elements of real danger.
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Title: Dine and Die on the Danube Express
Author: Peter King
Narrator: David Baker
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-05-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Recipes sizzle and intrigue simmers when the Gourmet Detective takes a ride on the 25th anniversary journey of the world-famous Danube Express. The stately railroad starts its route in the Alps and cuts through Austria, Hungary, and the former Yugoslavia before pulling up on the shores of the Black Sea in Romania. Along the way, its passengers - hailing from Europes business and social elite - sample the best and most enticing foods those countries cuisines have to offer, dishes as unfamiliar and exotic as they are delicious....
From Germany, braised lamb with rutabagas, or roast duck - its skin as crackly as phyllo and the meat juicy and flavorful, served with Savoy cabbage, leeks, carrots, onions, and celery.... From Austria, stuffed breast of veal with buttered chestnuts, served with braised fennel, watercress, and tarragon.... From Hungary, Libermaj, a goose liver pt seasoned with paprika, pimentos, and scallions, blended with hard-boiled eggs and white wine.... From the Balkans, escallopes of veal cooked Dubrovnik style - simmering in onions and mushrooms that have been sauted in butter and seasoned with thyme and bay leaves..... All complemented by some of the finest wines and brandies in the world!
The Gourmet Detective is aboard to see how its done; hes been hired by another luxury rail line to sit back, relax, fill his face, and take notes. But nothing is ever easy - or safe - where food, money, and celebrity meet, and this trip is no exception. When a celebrated Hungarian stage actress vanishes from the moving train, the Gourmet Detective finds himself enlisted in a desperate search for her abductor, or killer, and for answers in a bizarrely unfolding mystery that, as usual, centers on humanitys most consuming passion: food!
As the Danube Express chugs into the night, haute cuisine, fine wine, and murder become the main orders of business on this fun and fascinating foray through a world of mouth-watering delights.
Members Reviews:
Light and Pleasant Reading
Other reviewers, as well as the editorial one, have delineated the setting and plot structure of the book. An anniversary special train, gourmet cooking, wonderful scenery, ancient cities, a distinguished group of travelers, and murder. I've not previously read anything by this author but he appears to be a competent professional, although not in the highest stratum in the detective genre. Notwithstanding that fact, this book has some of the allure of travel on (one would assume) a very expensive, very desirable show train. The amateur detective is a comfortable sort of guy, an expert on wine and foodstuffs, apparently a congenial companion, and, certainly, not a rough and tumble fighter nor an intellectual snob. He does meet some beautiful women but there is no suggestion of his bedding any of them. His forte, and the role to which the Professional who has solicited his aid assigns him, is simply talking to other travelers and sharing any information acquired with the official. There are some moments of physical action and danger but that is by way of creating some excitement in what is basically a novel of talk.
Over-all, I found it a pleasant traveling companion, sufficiently involving to justify the trip one takes, not, however, a vehicle for those desiring intense suspense nor elements of real danger.