From Publishers Weekly (via amazon)
In this sassy first in a new series from Adams (the pseudonym of Elizabeth Spann Craig), Lulu Taylor, owner of Aunt Pat's, a Memphis, Tenn., rib eatery, is all aflutter because the Cooking Channel has sent food scout Rebecca Adrian to check out Lulu's down-home specialties for a future show. Too bad Rebecca's searching for dirt as well as the best BBQ in Memphis. She quickly insults a number of people, including Lulu's daughter-in-law, Sara, and Lulu's son, Seb, who happens to be Rebecca's former boyfriend. When Rebecca's poisoned, chaos reigns. Lulu later uncovers the corpse of Mildred Cameron, an elderly bookseller and aspiring romance author/sleuth, who was also offended by the tart-tongued Rebecca. Aiding and abetting Lulu's investigation are the Graces, docents at Graceland, whose devotion to Elvis adds some goofy firepower to this sometimes poky paint-bythe-numbers cozy.
Passages
On dogs' behavior
Sara tore out after Derrick, red curls bouncing on her back. The screen door slammed again, and the Labs hid their heads under a table. The dogs' law of physics was "If I can't see you, you can't see me!"
I've been watching Memphis Beat on TNT, and it was nice to have the music from Memphis Beat rolling around in my head as I read Delicious and Suspicious.
This is a great first entry, and I look forward to more in this series. Oh--you may want to read Delicious and Suspicious just to find out if that cause-for-celebration bottle of The Domaine Vincent Dauvissat Chablis Les Preuses ever gets cracked open!
Rating: 3.5/5 (Mystery Scale)
Dedication: For my family, with love.
First line: Memphis, Tennessee, is a little bit of heaver in the springtime.
Book Extras
Visit the author's blog here.
Visit the author on Mystery Lovers' Kitchen here.
Check out Lesa's Book Critique's review here.
Read more about TNT's Memphis Beat here.
2 comments:
She is also here:
http://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/
I have it listed under my what's cookin' blogs. :<)
I haven't read her work, but want to.
Thanks, Nan. I had completely forgetten about Riley Adams being on Mystery Lovers' Kitchen. Don't know how, because at our Emmy Party Sunday evening, my daughter and I finished off the evening with the Druken Peaches receipe from that site. I added a little cinnamon to the wine that kicked things up just a notch. Delicious!
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