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Eat, Drink and Be Murdered: A Food and Drink Anthology: 154 #literature and what we owe themDATE OF RELEASE: 10 SEPT 2026 A mouth watering feast of crime fiction, including stories of mushroom murders, brown bread spread with bacillus botulinus, and tales in which the identity of killers is proved by a purchase of fillet steak or an inexpert knowledge of fine wines. This new collection from British Library Crime Classics features some of the greatest mystery tales from the Golden Age of detective fiction to be based around food and drink.