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MWA Grand Master Francis's first collaboration with his son Felix, a
former physics teacher who researched many of his father's previous
bestsellers, introduces an engaging hero, though longtime fans may find
certain plot elements, like an unlikely love interest and sinister
figures somehow connected with shady racetrack doings, less than fresh.
The reputation of Max Moreton, a young wunderkind chef with a restaurant
in Newmarket, England, suffers after guests at an affair he caters fall
ill with food poisoning. This calamity nearly jeopardizes another
job—feeding several dozen attendees at a major horse race. While that
meal goes off without a hitch, a terrorist's bomb decimates the crowd at
the track. Despite the official theory that an unpopular Middle Eastern
ruler at the event was responsible, the chef wonders whether the bombing
is related to the earlier food poisoning and turns amateur sleuth. Crisp
writing and well-paced action help offset the routine plotting. (Sept.) 
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