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Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders
Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders
Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders
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Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders

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A delicious blend of mystery, history, and top-notch cuisine.

Neil Flambé may be fourteen years old, but he’s also a world-renowned chef. Patrons pay top dollar and wait months for reservations at his tiny boutique restaurant. But Neil is more than a fantastic cook—he solves crime too. Ever since he used his kitchen know-how and keen sense of smell to acquit a man of murder, he’s been helping Police Inspector Sean Nakamura crack case after case.

But when some of the best chefs in town turn up dead, the crime scenes turn culinary. Police are stumped, and the only clues are the scents of mysterious spices and a journal that may have belonged to…Marco Polo? Neil must find a way to connect the past with the present and solve the murders—or he could end up as the prime suspect!
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 3, 2012
ISBN9781442446069
Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders
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Kevin Sylvester

KEVIN SYLVESTER is the author/illustrator of more than thirty books, including the MINRs trilogy, The Almost Epic Squad: Mucus Mayhem, the Neil Flambé Capers and the Hockey Super Six series. Sylvester has won awards from across Canada, among them the Silver Birch Award and the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award. His latest novel, cowritten with Basil Sylvester, is The Night of the Living Zed. Kevin Sylvester lives in Toronto.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Read very recently because I didn't want to read the second book (Aztec Abduction) if I hadn't read this one first. Found it okay... a bit repetitive with all the cooking information, but all in all a good mystery. I couldn't decide who the murderer was or what spice it was that was killing everyone until close to the end, so that was good.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    What could be better than a good mystery? Throw in a pinch of history, a cup of humor, a dash of food knowledge and an obnoxious, yet talented fourteen year old chef and you have a well rounded book. Someone is killing chefs all over Vancouver. The police are stumped so they call in "The Nose", also known as 14 year old Neil Flambe. Neil checks out each crime scene and finds small bits from Marco Polo's journal as well as a smell that even his nose can't figure out. it is up to him to figure out who is killing the famous chefs and why, before he ends up like the rest. This was a very funny book. It keeps the reader laughing and guessing from beginning to end.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Delightfully fun tale for the 9 - 12 set. Lots of excitement, mystery and intrigue and the plot is not overly obvious so it will keep them guessing at who the murderer is. There is also some food and historical education done in such a way that the little buggers won't know they are learning something. Hopefully it will also spark their interest in learning more about Marco Polo or even into cooking itself. My only problem with the book is Neil himself. He really comes across as a know-it-all snotty little brat, that it may turn off some readers. Than again, his parents are atrocious so you could understand how he turned out the way he did. By the end, he has learned some lessons and hopefully in the rest of the series, he will become a little more likeable . Also do not read this on an empty stomach, because you will get seriously hungry while reading. I wish he was real, so I could sample his Pommes de Terre a la Flambe. Ohh, almost forgot to mention, the illustrations are wonderful!3.75 Dewey'sI got this book at the OLA conference last year from Rosalyn Steele at HB Fenn (I think she is with HarperCollins now though) and Kevin Sylvester signed it to Jesse and Jake with a delightful drawing.

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