Erin Patterson’s three murders and homemade beef Wellington laced with death caps have created an international media maelstrom
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Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock knew the power of a meal gone fatally wrong. From poisoned tarts to deadly dinner parties, their murder mysteries had the knack of transforming the domestic into the diabolical.
Now, real life has delivered its own gothic culinary thriller – and the literary and entertainment worlds are eating it up.