Heaven Lee Culinary Mysteries
4 primary works
Book 4
This is the breakout hardcover appearance of culinary mystery queen Lou Jane Temple, one of SMP's most successful paperback original authors. Culinary mysteries are the hottest genre in mysteries today, and like Diane Mott Davidson, Lou Jane is a leading author in the field.This time out, Kansas City chef Heaven Lee takes on the fine art of making bread. When one of her associates winds up mysteriously dead in the dough, perfecting her bread-baking skills is suddenly the least of Heaven's worries as someone with a taste for murder is on the loose. In addition to a fantastic mystery, Lou Jane also serves up her usual alotment of delicious recipes. This book is sure to please mystery readers hungry for a great read and some scrumptious cuisine!
Book 5
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.
Book 6
Chef and restauranteur Heaven Lee has been in plenty of scrapes in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. This time around, she's cooking up trouble in New Orleans while visiting to help the Sisters of the Holy Trinity hold their annual benefit dinner. The convent is having financial problems and only Heaven Lee's culinary creativity can offer hope. Unfortunately, before she can really get cooking, Heaven's old friend Mary's husband, HeavelkjTruely Whitten, coffee importer and native New Orleanian, is found murdered with Heaven's own knife. To make matters worse, the convent's sacred cross simultaneously turns up missing. When she becomes the prime suspect, Heaven has no choice but to put her pots and pans aside and pursue the villain in order to both clear her own name and get dinner on the table in time for the big benefit. Heaven's smart, saucy attitude spurs her on in the search for the vicious murderer as well as for the perfect New Orleans dish to serve the Sisters. When all else fails, she finds the answers to both puzzles right under her own nose, saving the day and serving up a new signature Heaven Lee dish, Nola Pie.
The delectable dessert is guaranteed to tantalize reader's taste buds and the satisfying mystery will leave them begging for seconds.
The delectable dessert is guaranteed to tantalize reader's taste buds and the satisfying mystery will leave them begging for seconds.
Book 7
Heaven Lee is at it again, this time when a sniper shoots down a blimp advertising the 50th anniversary of Foster's Chocolates, a family-owned business in Heaven's hometown of Kansas City. Then a man is found dead at the opening of Foster's new chocolate factory. This family is rife with in-fighting and backstabbing over the chocolate fortune, but is it enough to kill over? The dynamic Heaven tackles the case. All in all, it's another delicious mystery complete with sinfully delicious chocolate recipes.