Finger Lickin' Dead

Finger Lickin' Dead
Author: Riley Adams
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2011-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101528850

When an anonymous food critic blasts several local restaurants- including Aunt Pat's-Lulu Taylor and her customers are biting mad, especially when they learn that Eppie Currian is the pen name of their friend Evelyn's cheating boyfriend. When "Eppie" gets his own fatal review, the list of suspects is longer than the list of specials at the best BBQ place in Memphis.

Finger Lickin' Dead

Finger Lickin' Dead
Author: Riley Adams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2012-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781410446510

Welcome to Aunt Pat's barbecue restaurant in the heart of Memphis. Family run, it was named for Lulu Taylor's great-aunt. When an anonymous food critic blasts several local restaurants - including Aunt Pat's - with bad reviews, Lulu and her customers areburning mad, especially when they discover that Eppie Currian is the pen name of their friend's cheating boyfriend. Then "Eppie" gets his own fatal review, and the list of suspects is long. To catch the real killer, Lulu is going to have to put down her barbeque tongs.

Hickory Smoked Homicide

Hickory Smoked Homicide
Author: Riley Adams
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101545542

BBQ-joint owner Lulu Taylor knows pretty much everyone in Memphis who loves ribs. But one person she'd rather not know is Tristan Pembroke, a snooty pageant coach with a mean streak. When she finds Tristan's dead body stuffed in a closet at a party, the police are suspicious- especially since Lulu's developed a taste for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Caught in a situation stickier than molasses, Lulu must clear her name, or risk getting fried...

Delicious and Suspicious

Delicious and Suspicious
Author: Riley Adams
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2010-07-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101188626

Welcome to Aunt Pat's barbecue restaurant, which serves up Memphis fun with a side order of murder. Recipes included. Named in honor of Lulu Taylor's great aunt, Aunt Pat's family-run Memphis restaurant is known for its ribs and spicy cornbread. But now the Taylor family will be known for murder... Rebecca Adrian came to Memphis to suss out the best local BBQ for a prominent Cooking Channel Show. Trouble is, a mystery ingredient has killed her-and now all fingers are pointing to Aunt Pat's restaurant. Horrified that her family is being accused of murder, Lulu fires up her investigative skills to solve the crime before someone else gets skewered.

Finger Lickin' Fifteen

Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Author: Janet Evanovich
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2009-06-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429936606

Recipe for disaster: Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook-off and loses his head – literally. Throw in some spice: Bail bonds office worker Lula is witness to the crime, and the only one she'll talk to is Trenton cop, Joe Morelli. Pump up the heat: Chipotle's sponsor is offering a million-dollar reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the capture of the killers. Stir the pot: Lula recruits bounty hunter Stephanie Plum to help her find the killers and collect the moolah. Add a secret ingredient: Stephanie's Grandma Mazur. Enough said. Bring to a boil: Can Stephanie hunt down two killers, a traitor, five skips, keep her grandmother out of the sauce, solve Ranger's problems and not jump his bones? Warning: Janet Evanovich's Finger Lickin' Fifteen is habanero hot. So good you'll want seconds.

Death at a Drop-In

Death at a Drop-In
Author: Elizabeth Spann Craig
Publisher: Elizabeth Spann Craig
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013-08-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0989518000

You’re invited to a deadly drop-in. Cosette Whitlow is a society matron…if tiny Bradley, North Carolina, has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn’t nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors, and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically disliked by much of the town—including octogenarian Myrtle Clover. And Myrtle knows that dislike in Bradley can quickly turn deadly.No one seems surprised when Cosette’s body is discovered during a party she’s hosting—she was struck on the head with a croquet mallet. Wanting to restore order to the small town, Myrtle resolves to track down the killer—before the killer strikes again.

Rubbed Out

Rubbed Out
Author: Riley Adams
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101624442

Even Lulu Taylor—proprietress of Aunt Pat’s Barbeque Restaurant in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee—needs to get out of the kitchen now and then. But at the Rock and Ribs festival, she finds more than a taste of trouble… Reuben Shaw rubs a lot of people the wrong way—including Lulu’s best friend, Cherry, who has the misfortune of being in the booth next to his at the festival. The pigheaded pit master thinks he’s a shoo-in to win the barbeque competition, but he spends more time stirring up trouble than seasoning his spare ribs. Hours after she gets into a quarrel with him, Cherry finds Shaw dead with a butcher knife in his chest. Now it’s her turn to get grilled—by the police. Lulu sets out to clear her friend’s name and finds Shaw had more secrets than his BBQ recipe. She’ll need to act fast, because the real killer will spare no one…including Lulu. Includes recipes!

Borrowed Time

Borrowed Time
Author: Elizabeth Spann Craig
Publisher: Elizabeth Spann Craig
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1946227633

Sometimes a weekend trip is stressful, especially if you're on borrowed time. Fall is beautiful in the small mountain village of Whitby, North Carolina. The leaves are changing color on the mountainsides, the sky is a bright blue, and the air is crisp. Librarian Ann Beckett's friend and coworker, Luna, has persuaded her to take a break from the library and attend a house party on the lake with her. The modest house Ann was expecting is more of a mansion with amazing mountain and lake views and an indoor swimming pool. The other guests initially seem fun, but as time passes, tensions grow. When one of the guests is later found murdered in the pool, Ann works through the puzzle since now someone else is on borrowed time.

A Body in the Attic

A Body in the Attic
Author: Elizabeth Spann Craig
Publisher: Elizabeth Spann Craig
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2020-05-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1946227609

Attics can be full of surprises. Who could have murdered Darren Powell? He was a very pleasant man fond of puttering around in his garden and playing chess. He didn't seem at all the type of person who'd find himself murdered in his own attic. Myrtle and her senior sidekick Miles step in to investigate. The more they learn about Darren, the more interesting he becomes. And now someone else might be in danger. Can they learn the killer's identity before he strikes again?