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The Alp-Luachra
THE WATER MADE EVERY DISH BETTER. IT WAS EATING THE CHEF ALIVE.
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BRIAR FALLS, OREGON • OCTOBER
THE FOOD TASTES PERFECT.
THE CHEF KEEPS EATING.
SOMETHING ELSE IS GETTING FED.
Fourteen-year-old Sable Kesh can taste what other people miss. At The Root, her mother's celebrated Oregon restaurant, every dish begins with water from a private well—cold, mineral-rich, and praised as the truest flavor of the place.
But Chef Iris Kesh is wasting away no matter how much she eats. When Sable discovers that well-water food tastes complete yet leaves the body hollow, old farm records and a Kerry folktale point toward something living inside the restaurant's water line.
Closing the tap could destroy The Root's reputation. Leaving it open could kill Iris. To save her mother, Sable must separate flavor from nourishment, folklore from evidence, and one dangerous source from every pipe it has already reached.
A perfect taste can still leave you empty.
- Folklore
- Oregon culinary folkloric mystery
- Reading order
- A complete standalone case
- Setting
- BRIAR FALLS, OREGON • OCTOBER
- Availability
- Forthcoming
