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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1996
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Gourmet Detective

1 - The Gourmet Detective (May-1996)
2 - Spiced to Death (Jul-1997)
3 - Dying on the Vine (Apr-1998)
4 - Death Al Dente (Apr-1999)
5 - A Healthy Place to Die (Mar-2000)
6 - Eat, Drink and Be Buried (May-2001)
7 - Roux the Day (Jun-2002)
8 - Dine and Die on the Danube Express (Jun-2003)

A Jack London Mystery

1 - The Jewel of the North (Aug-2001)
2 - Dead Man's Coast (May-2002)
3 - The Golden Gate Murders (Nov-2002)

A Ned Parker Hansom Cab Mystery

Hangman's Corner (Apr-2008)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • The Gourmet Detective

    The Gourmet Detective - 1

    HIS JOB IS FINDING THE PERFECT SPICE HIS GIFT IS SOLVING THE PERFECT CRIME The Gourmet Detective doesn't carry a gun and he doesn't have a license to prowl--his specialty is piecing together ancient recipes and tracking down obscure ingredients t...

  • Spiced to Death

    The Gourmet Detective - 2

    The Gourmet Detective: He's got a gift for food, a taste for adventure-and a nose for nabbing a killer. Critics hailed Peter King's debut novel, The Gourmet Detective, the first in a delicious mystery series featuring the Gourmet Detective-a chef-tu...

  • Dying on the Vine

    The Gourmet Detective - 3

    AND THE MAIN COURSE IS...MURDER Animated by a passion for food, wine and justice, the Gourmet Detective travels to Provence to investigate a shadowy business deal between two vineyards. But before he can even sample the delights of Pate de Grives ...

  • Death Al Dente

    The Gourmet Detective - 4

    While in Bologna, the Gourmet Detective discovers food and passion are two Italian delicacies to die for... Dispatched by London's premier restauranteur to find the ultimate Italian chef, the Gourmet Detective heads for Italy undercover. Accompanied...

  • A Healthy Place to Die

    The Gourmet Detective - 5

    Standing in for an ailing colleague, the Gourmet Detective attends a cooking conference at a luxurious Swiss spa famous for pampering the overindulged with healthful haute cuisine. Under the eye of the crusty chef-owner and his dishy staff, the Gourm...

  • Eat, Drink and Be Buried

    The Gourmet Detective - 6

    Preparing for a medieval banquet, the Gourmet Detective uncovers centuries of lost recipes, simmering rivalries and, as a main course, murder... It seemed like a tasty proposition. When asked to give culinary advice for the Harlington Estate's me...

  • The Body in the Bay

    in And the Dying is Easy

    WHAT I SOLVED ON MY SUMMER VACATION. Detectives make their reputations solving cases of murder and mayhem. Ever wonder what happens when they try to get away from it all? In this summertime crime spree, twenty of today's best mystery writers--f...

  • The Jewel of the North

    A Jack London Mystery - 1

    From critically acclaimed author Peter King-a brand-new historical mystery series featuring Jack London, the legendary adventurer and author of The Call of the Wild. In his early days as a struggling writer, Jack lived on San Francisco's infamous Bar...

  • Dead Man's Coast

    A Jack London Mystery - 2

    Having witnessed the latest in a string of successful jailbreaks, Jack London puts down his pen and hires on as a deputy. The police know that a mastermind is assembling a team of expert criminals. And the target seems obvious: Belle Conquest, the se...



  • Roux the Day

    The Gourmet Detective - 7

    For six generations, the Belvedere family dominated the culinary landscape of New Orleans, a city that boasts what is perhaps the most vibrant, exciting, and authentic cuisine in America. But each generation relinquished control of the family restaur...

  • The Golden Gate Murders

    A Jack London Mystery - 3

    When the owner of the San Francisco's Silver Dollar Saloon is found dead, just after requesting Jack London's assistance to look into a threat against his business, the author and adventurer joins forces with the legendary Wyatt Earp as they follow a...

  • Dine and Die on the Danube Express

    The Gourmet Detective - 8

    Recipes sizzle and intrigue simmers when the Gourmet Detective takes a ride on the twenty-fifth anniversary journey of the world-famous Danube Express. The stately railroad starts its route in the Alps and cuts through Austria, Hungary, and the fo...

  • Hangman's Corner

    A Ned Parker Hansom Cab Mystery

    Set in 1870 London, King's lively first in a new series introduces hansom cab driver Ned Parker, who hides out with such colorful cohorts as Smiling Sid, Paddy Reilly and Benny the Brain at Hangman's Corner, a former gallows site in Battersea Park. W...

  • Metamorphosis

    The security of the safehouse is failing. As Sam tells Sue how Renwick house was transformed into a secret base, and he and his six companions into secret agents equipped with the most advanced alien technology he knows his enemies are closing. Worse...

  • Serendipity

    A restored mansion on remote Aotea Island off Auckland, New Zealand has burned down. Twenty people are missing but only one, 14-year-old Sam Kahu, has been found. Detective Sue Williams soon discovers Sam is unusual. He tells her he's psychic. Then, ...

  • Conjunctions

    Part Five of Changels Genesis Detective Sue Williams discovers even her own brain can become a battlefield as the alien infiltrator society called Die Bruderschaft tries once again to destroy the Changels. But as Sam's ongoing story of the conflic...

  • The Crucible

    Part Six of Changels Genesis. As the Changels community attempts to close down the mystery of the Renwick fire and resettle back on Earth their enemies move quickly destroy them. Only when the Changels discover their enemies are planning to release ...

  • Into Darkness

    Part Four of Changels Genesis Once again Sue and Sam have escaped, and now Sue really wants to know what's going on. Sam recalls their missions to find some of Earth's future leaders and how in the process they discovered a new enemy. An enemy the...

  • Renaissance

    Part Three of Changels Genesis Sam's stories about how he became a Changel are starting to test Sue's patience. The idea that the Fae (the origins of ancient myths of fairy folk from Ireland to New Zealand) are an ultra advanced race who built the...



  • The Weaving

    Part two of Changels Genesis. After the shock encounter with the UFO Sue Williams is ready to listen to Sam's history of Renwick House. Hidden in Auckland Sam carefully pushes the boundaries of Sue's credulity as he tells Sue how six families, all...

  • Initiation

    Most teens feel alienated from time to time. But Sam Kahu is more alienated than most. For a start his home has burned down and all his friends and family are missing presumed dead. Worse, he knows they are out to get him, and if he doesn't successfu...

  • Dark Side

    Tracking Al Qaeda in Pakistan, sex on a Fijian beach, fighting UFOs in Africa - Sam Kahu's 2009 might sound exciting, but there's no room for error. Earth's alien overlords want no repeat of the last battle. They want Sam and the rest of the Changels...

  • Animal Pharm

    It's 2091 and times on Bruce Walker's Wairarapa (New Zealand) farmlet are tough. The sheep need upgrading, the milking robot is bored, the car's paranoid, the sheepdog is run off his paws with union work, the landlord is desperate, and the super-inte...

  • Transforming Trinity

  • The Dragon's Threat

    The dispute centers around Dejection Island, a tiny speck of land in the South China Sea. Britain owns it, China wants it, and the Americans are determined not to let them have it. Peter Holroyd lives a comfortable but lonely academic life, specializ...

  • Robyn's Tale

  • Consecration

    The World Forest's last stand against the Dream Emperor's religion of exploitation depends on one magical child.All Atlantis thinks it knows the story of the Maji's birth. But what if the traditional story of the holy one's gifts, childhood and days ...

  • Outnumbered by Daughters

    The book is an adult fictional novel, based on a young man’s struggle with sadness, tragedy, complicated romances and family life. He attempts to bring up twin girls and an older stepdaughter as a single parent through their middle school years. H...

  • Gold Among the Trees

    A gripping tale of murder, secrets, and a race against time...When the Professor arrives at a University on Vancouver Island, little does he know that his life is about totake a sinister turn. Set against the backdrop of a First Nation reservation,hi...



  • The Magic Toy Shop

    The book is a children’s fairy tale about toys with magic powers. A toy shop hidden in an old village deep in the countryside is rumoured to have magic powers. Every toy that enters the toy shop, either to be mended or sold is given the power to ...

  • A Brother's Promise

    A Brother’s Promise is an emotional adult novel that explores the enduring bonds of brotherhood and loyalty. Despite leading vastly different lives, two brothers make a pledge to always support one another through life’s ups and downs. When trage...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Peter King has published 31 books.

Peter King does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Brother's Promise, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Peter King, The Gourmet Detective, was published in May 1996.

Yes. Peter King has 3 series.
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