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The Cornbread Killer: A Heaven Lee Mystery (Beeler Large Print Mystery Series)
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    		The Cornbread Killer: A Heaven Lee Mystery (Beeler Large Print Mystery Series)
    Lou Jane Temple
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    The Cornbread Killer (A Heaven Lee Culinary Mystery)
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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    		 The Cornbread Killer (A Heaven Lee Culinary Mystery)
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    1. Bread on Arrival (A Heaven Lee Culinary Mystery)
    2. Red Beans and Vice (A Heaven Lee Culinary Mystery)
    3. Death By Rhubarb (A Heaven Lee Culinary Mystery)
    4. A Stiff Risotto (A Heaven Lee Culinary Mystery)
    5. Revenge Of The Barbeque Queens: At The Barbeque World Series, More Than Ribs Will Be Swimming In Sauce (A Heaven Lee Culinary Mystery)

    ASIN: 0312974272

    Book Description

    Kansas City chef Heaven Lee is one tough cookie. Not only can she slice, dice, and julienne the finest food in town, she's got nerves of steel to match her culinary skills. From deadly barbeques to bodies in dough, one things for sure: Heaven Lee can outsmart and outcook them all. Heaven Lee is tackling the world of soul food and jazz . When a big jazz festival comes to town, the chief organizer is murdered. Of course Heaven Lee was around for the murder and gets fingered as a suspect, along with many other Kansas City residents who also seemed to dislike her. But the festival must go on, so Heaven and the rest of her crew have to cook and get the music started all while avoiding becoming the killer's next target.

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars Better Than The Last.......2004-02-16

    The Cornbread Killer is better than the other books in this series, except for "A Stiff Risotto", which I really enjoyed.

    The Eighteenth and Vine Street Historical District is opening with a big Jazz Festival and the new Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

    Heaven Lee and her friend Mona are on the committee and things are starting out bad when the Festival Planner gets electrocuted on stage while checking out the lighting.

    Who would want to kill her? Was it because she was taking kickbacks? And why would someone who had just arrived in town be given the job of Festival Planner? Did the theft of priceless paintings and Charlie's Parkers sax have any connection?

    Heaven and her band of employee's and friends set out to solve the mystery and make sure that the Festival goes off without any more problems.

    Although I gave this book only 2 stars, it is much better than the other books in the series, although not as good as A Stiff Risotto which I gave 3 stars.

    I had disliked Heaven in the first books in this series, but she has improved over each book and I now like her more. This book, however, finally solved a problem for me that I'd been having with the series. In most books you feel an attachment to the heroine and the continuing characters. I have never felt this in this series.

    In this book Heaven makes a casual remark about if high heels were ok with her attire, which were her usual tights & a T-shirt. I tried to imagine a 45ish woman who ran around in tights & a T-shirt and realized, I don't have a clue as to what Heaven looks like.

    She has short, spiky red hair and that's it. I realized that there are no descriptions of these people. Not only, don't I have any kind of image of Heaven but it's the same for all the reoccurring people. As I thought of the characters, I realized that the only one who brings up an image to me, is her 25ish boyfriend, Hank.

    I think that may be why the stories are hard to follow at times. There are always a lot of new characters each book and they're just names, nothing to distinguish them from each other. I think that's part of reason I found it so hard to get a feel for Heaven and her friends.

    Even with these problems, this book was good. I liked the information about the Jazz Festival and the Negro League Baseball Museum.

    Heaven, once again shows that she has great chemistry with other men, while having none with her boyfriend. I wish Chris and Joe were more involved in the storyline and I still miss Bo Morales.

    For the first time, there were recipes that I would like to try in this book.

    I had received the first 6 books as a Christmas Gift. This book made me decide, that although I have problems with the stories, I have begun to enjoy Heaven and her friends and the mysteries, so I purchased Death Is Semisweet. I decided this series is good enough that I wanted to finish it out before starting a new series.

    For people who have not read any of her books, these are not Cozy Mysteries. There is a lot of profanity and sexual innuendo's.

    It's on to Red Beans and Vice.

    3 out of 5 stars Bravo to a rather good writer........2003-04-03

    This is my first Temple novel. Temple is admittedly a very good writer. If you are looking for a new author and a good new series this is the one to see. But, in this novel I fail to see the connection between cornbread and a murderer's need to kill. Then there is the fact that Heaven has had five husbands --- only one of whom is dead. Then there is the reason for her loosing her license to practice law. What a shame.

    4 out of 5 stars Good Beach Book.......2000-05-31

    This is the second book that I have read in the Heaven Lee series. The characters are very quirky, and the setting of a Historic District Dedication in Kansas City, leaves all sorts of possibities for mayhem. These are all fulfilled, plus a few that I didn't think about.

    4 out of 5 stars Good Solid Read.......2000-05-01

    I enjoyed this book by Ms. Temple a great deal. It centers around a revitilzation festival where and event's planner has suffered a mysterious accident. There are an array of suspects from an alleged farther to a bitter sister.

    It is up to Heven Lee, the food coordinato for the event, to handle the task. I stumbled on this author at my local library. I am a big fan of culinary mysteries and was pleasantly suprised to find this solid read. If you like Diane Mott Davidson you will enjoy this author.

    5 out of 5 stars A Killer Mystery.......2000-01-27

    A few years ago I stumbled across "Revenge of the BBQ Queens" at the local thrift store and was turned on to a new author: Lou Jane Temple. Since then I have devoured all her books. I was eagerly awaiting the release of "The Cornbread Killer" and was certainly not disappointed. I actually enjoyed this more than the last book (Bread On Arrival).

    "The Cornbread Killer" turns you on to soul food as much as it does to Jazz and will keep you hooked til you turn that last page. One of these days I am going to get around to trying some of the recipes she always includes in her mysteries. Bon Apetit!

    -Stacy Gibbs

    The Cornbread Killer (A Heaven Lee Mystery)
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      		The Cornbread Killer (A Heaven Lee Mystery)
      Lou Jane Temple
      Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000OTO46I

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