01923cam a2200313 4500 681416590 TxAuBib 010202s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001019152 9780312242701 0312242700 (OCoLC)2711 TxAuBib King, Peter, 1922-, (Christopher Peter.) Eat, Drink, And Be Buried. # 6 / Peter King. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001. HARDCOVER 215 p. ; 22 cm. GOURMET DETECTIVE ; 6 Peter King is an English author of mystery fiction, a Cordon Bleutrained chef, and a retired metallurgist. He has operated a tungsten mine, overseen the establishment of South Americas first steel processing plant, and prospected for minerals around the globe. His work carried him from continent to continent before he finally settled in Florida, where he led the design team for the rocket engines that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon. In his spare time, King wrote one-act plays and short mystery stories. When he retired, in 1991, he wrote his first novel, The Gourmet Detective, a cozy mystery about a chef turned sleuth who solves mysteries in the kitchen. King followed it with seven more books starring the character, including Dying on the Vine (1998) and Roux the Day (2002). In 2001 he published Jewel of the North, the first of three historical mysteries starring Jack London. King lives in Sarasota, Florida. Gourmet Detective (Fictitious character) Fiction. Dinners and dining Fiction. Medievalism Fiction. Gourmets Fiction. Cookbooks Fiction. Great Britain Fiction. Mystery fiction. GOURMET DETECTIVE ; 6.