There's mayhem in Mexico in this full-flavored mystery, the second book in The Neil Flambe Capers. Teenage wunderchef--and budding detective--Neil Flambe heads to Mexico City to take part in the Azteca Cocina, a two-week battle of the chefs. But he's off to an unsettling start: His box of secret i
Neil Flambé and the Tokyo Treasure
✍ Scribed by Kevin Sylvester
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers;W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Something smells fishy--and it's not the sushi--in the fourth book in The Neil Flambe Capers, the culinary mystery series celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey calls "good fun."
Superstar teen chef Neil Flambe isn't thrilled when his cousin Larry moves to Japan to work on an online manga comic book. Now who'll help him in the kitchen?**** But he finds a replacement in Gary the bike courier, and life, and the restaurant, moves on without Larry. That is, until the news comes that Larry has been in a fatal boating accident and is lost at sea.
Neil is devastated. But then he checks Larry's online manga. There's a subtle change in the plot, something Neil and Larry had discussed--something only Neil would notice. Is this a cryptic message from beyond the grave--or is Larry still alive? Determined to find out, Neil heads to Japan to solve his next mystery.
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