The star of The Neil Flambé Capers, a new series of middle-grade mysteries, is a fourteen-year-old who owns his own restaurant, has a line of cooking utensils, and is blessed with a super-sensitive nose (he can tell what side of the hill a particular spring of rosemary grew on). The nose not only makes him a great chef, but also useful to the Vancouver, Canada police department, currently baffled by the murders of the city’s culinary talent.

On NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, Liane Hansen was clearly charmed by Flambé and his author, Kevin Sylvester. The book rose to #253 on Amazon, from a lowly #1,834,554.

The second book in the series, Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction, is coming in November. The author is working on the third book, Neil Flambé and the Crusaders Curse.

Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders: The Neil Flambe Capers #1 Kevin Sylvester Retail Price: $9.95 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Key Porter Books – (2010-03-09) ISBN / EAN: 1554702666 / 9781554702664

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Neil Flambe and the Aztec Abduction: The Neil Flambe Capers #2 Retail Price: $9.95 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Key Porter Books – (2010-11-01) ISBN / EAN: 1554703298 / 9781554703296

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