Details
Rent Rubbed Out
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley
Published: Jul 2013
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Retail Price: $7.99
Ages: 18 - UP
Synopsis
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!
Reviews
This was my second visit to Aunt Pats barbecue restaurant in Memphis Tennessee and it was as tasty a cozy mystery can be. Lots of Memphis flavor...Elvis, blues, Beale St anjd of course Memphis barbecue. While some might be turned off by the almost cliché details used by the author, it really is a fun read for those who enjoy quirky characters and plenty of suspects to go around. Lulu Taylor is a satisfying amateur sleuth and the plot kept me guessing. As soon as I thought I had figured it out there would be a plot twist that blew my theory. It is difficult to read any culinary mystery without getting hungry and Riley Adams book is no exception. There is a lot of humor, mystery, fairly detailed for a short mystery, older characters who are clever, fuuny and vibrant and last but not least recipes at the end!