The Trashy Gourmet — David Ciambrone

Adam Thomas has a knack for finding dead bodies. He also has a knack for tracking down cold-blooded killers. During his month-long sojourn in chef's school in Georgetown, Texas, retired scientist and newspaper columnist Adam Thomas, now known as the Trashy Gourmet, once again finds himself embroiled in the middle of a murder mystery. He's there when someone stabs Chef Elacroix with one of his customized carving knives. Adam becomes a consultant to his friend Captain Roland Waits of the Georgetown Police Department. Hopefully he'll carve out clues the police can't. Together with his girlfriend Kathy Rossi, Adam sifts through facts, questions fellow students, and narrowly avoids becoming one of the increasing number of corpses.