For lovers of Sherlock, Shardlake and Ripper Street.

A hugely enjoyable heart-pounding Victorian thriller- murder, a celebrity chef and a great detective double-act.

Longlisted for a CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger

''Wonderful... The Devil''s Feast proves to be a sumptuous treat'' The Times

''Criminally good... I love this mystery series - it just gets better and better'' Woman & Home

London, 1842. There has been a mysterious and horrible death at the Reform, London''s newest and grandest gentleman''s club. A death the club is desperate to hush up.

Captain William Avery is persuaded to investigate, and soon discovers a web of rivalries and hatreds, both personal and political, simmering behind the club''s handsome façade—and in particular concerning its resident genius, Alexis Soyer, ''the Napoleon of food'', a chef whose culinary brilliance is matched only by his talent for self-publicity.

But Avery is distracted, for where his mentor and partner-in-crime Jeremiah Blake? And what if this first death was only a dress rehearsal for something far more sinister?