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Wilson & McLeish #6
To Die For
At Cafe de la Paix, a fashionable Covent Garden restaurant, business is under threat and murder is on the menu...
Beautiful, spoilt Selina Marsh-Hayden and her childhood friend, plain and practical Judith Delves, have worked together to make their restaurant Cafe de la Paix a stunning success. So successful, in fact, that outside parties have begun to take an interest. Brian Rubin wants to buy them up to add to his own chain of restaurants, and Selina and her shareholders—her near-bankrupt husband Richard, Judith's lover Michael and debt-ridden chef Tony Gallagher—want to sell.
But Selina backs down mid-negotiations and deadlock is reached. Then she is found strangled, and it suddenly seems that Cafe de la Paix has become an asset worth killing for. There is no shortage of suspects, but DCS John McLeish and his strong-minded wife Francesca must investigate a fire, an attempted murder and evidence of financial and sexual indiscretions at the restaurant before the truth can finally be revealed.
Beautiful, spoilt Selina Marsh-Hayden and her childhood friend, plain and practical Judith Delves, have worked together to make their restaurant Cafe de la Paix a stunning success. So successful, in fact, that outside parties have begun to take an interest. Brian Rubin wants to buy them up to add to his own chain of restaurants, and Selina and her shareholders—her near-bankrupt husband Richard, Judith's lover Michael and debt-ridden chef Tony Gallagher—want to sell.
But Selina backs down mid-negotiations and deadlock is reached. Then she is found strangled, and it suddenly seems that Cafe de la Paix has become an asset worth killing for. There is no shortage of suspects, but DCS John McLeish and his strong-minded wife Francesca must investigate a fire, an attempted murder and evidence of financial and sexual indiscretions at the restaurant before the truth can finally be revealed.
240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Janet Neel
18 books10 followersAka Janet Cohen
Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico is a British lawyer and crime fiction writer. She was educated at South Hampstead High School, Hampstead, London, England and graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Honours, Law.
She started to work as a practising solicitor in 1965. She married James Lionel Cohen, son of Dr. Richard Henry Lionel Cohen, on 18 December 1971. She was a Governor of the BBC between 1994 and 1999. She was created Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, in the City of Westminster (life peer), on 3 May 2000 and sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords.
As Janet Neel and Janet Cohen she is the author of crime fiction novels.
Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico is a British lawyer and crime fiction writer. She was educated at South Hampstead High School, Hampstead, London, England and graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge University in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Honours, Law.
She started to work as a practising solicitor in 1965. She married James Lionel Cohen, son of Dr. Richard Henry Lionel Cohen, on 18 December 1971. She was a Governor of the BBC between 1994 and 1999. She was created Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, in the City of Westminster (life peer), on 3 May 2000 and sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords.
As Janet Neel and Janet Cohen she is the author of crime fiction novels.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 1, 2024
Another devilish plot to keep the reader guessing!
I like the characters in this mystery series. DI McLeish is tough but likable along with Davidson. Each book can be enjoyed as a single, but the plots develop better if read from the first Fatal Blow to Number 7.
I like the characters in this mystery series. DI McLeish is tough but likable along with Davidson. Each book can be enjoyed as a single, but the plots develop better if read from the first Fatal Blow to Number 7.
May 9, 2020
Murder mystery around finance. Has inconsistencies.
April 5, 2025
It's well-written and characterised, but the solution to the mystery is a bit of let-down.
February 5, 2011
When one of the shareholders in a popular London restaurant is found dead, the other partners come under suspicion. Fortunately, one of them knows Francesca Wilson, the newly pregnant (again!) wife of Scotland Yard detective John McLeish. Francesca's whole musician family is on hand, as brother Tris is singing in the nearby opera house. Another death seems to solve the crime, in John's opinion, but then attacks on the staff continue. Neel is reliably delightful, and writes beautifully about food.
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June 26, 2016Difficult to follow plot, clever ideas but not really enjoyable
June 8, 2015
Least favourite of her books but still love her writing style. On to the next one.
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