In the Kitchen opens Goodreads in a new tab

Gabriel Lightfoot is the executive chef at the Imperial Hotel in contemporary London. His hard work seems to be paying off, until a worker is found dead in the kitchen basement, disturbing the balance of his life. A young woman named Lena, with mysterious ties to the dead man, enters his world, and the life Gabriel has built begins to unravel. Monica Ali's follow-up to Brick Lane.