Set in the roaring 1920s at the Wainwright Hotel, A Taste of Death is a comedic murder mystery wrapped in a soda pop taste-testing competition.
Hosted by the retired Mr. Kennedy—who’s deeply in debt to hotel owner Mr. Forester—the event brings three rival soda companies to town: Red Cola, Blue Cola, and the eccentric French chemist Dr. Poivre’s homemade concoctions.
As tensions brew among the quirky cast, including a germaphobic businessman, a sidelined but charismatic Blue Cola representative, a cheerfully anti-soda dentist, and a flamboyant Scottish detective named Cameron, old rivalries and hidden secrets come to the surface.