Revenge of the Barbeque Queens: At The Barbeque World Series, More Than Ribs Will Be Swimming In Sauce
October 26th, 2010 | 
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When Heaven Lee is judging the barbeque contest, trouble seems to stick to her apron.
Although she's Kansas City's premier restaurateur and a helluva barbeque queen, this time around Heaven Lee is just a judge at the Barbeque World Series. But that doesn't stop her from getting in the soup.
And that's just where Heaven finds herself when she discovers the upended body of champion barbeque cooker and giant pain Pigpen Hopkins sticking out of a potent po... More >>
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I really have to disagree with the previous readers’ comments. This book is well written, funny, and entertaining.
Rating: 5 / 5
Despite the previous horrible review, I, an avid mystery reader, thoroughly enjoyed this book. Her premise and characters are new, fun and refreshing. I enjoyed learning about the restaurant business and BBQ. The recipes are are great bonus too. If you enjoy food, lite reading and a little mystery, these books are for you!
Rating: 4 / 5
REVENGE OF THE BARBEQUE QUEENS, the second in Lou Temple’s Heaven Lee culinary mysteries, suffers from overload. Along with the requisite recipes, Temple infuses a little too much pandering narrative and a fairly simplistic mystery with not too many surprises. Coincidences once again land Heaven as a prime suspect in the murders of a nasty barbeque champion named Pigpen and a noted cook book author. She’s aided once again by her passle of friends and while the book is certainly inoffensive, it’s not as much fun as the first entry.
Rating: 3 / 5
I have read the series in order, and I have found them to be very intertaining. I live in the KC area, so maybe it is easier for me to follow. At any rate, it is a good series.
The characters have continued to grow with each book. I have managed a restaurant and I can tell you, the restaurant scenes are very accurate. I also have friends who do the “BBQ” contests, and she is right on the money about those events.
However, If I lived in Raytown, Mo., I am not sure how fond I would be of the series. At one point in the book they are referred to as “not known for their sleek sophistication.” I hope Ms. Temple never needs roadside assistance there!!
The only other thing that puzzled me was at one point, Heaven was tied up and riding in the “backseat” of her van, and a few pages later she mentioned she had taken the “backseat” out. Also, at one point Heaven describes what is in a photo and what the two people in it are doing, and a few pages later, she is trying to imagine what would be in the photo(she had just told us!). I am surprised that as many times as a book is proofed, someone didn’t see these two things.
But, I do love the series(and the recipes), and I can’t wait for the next one to hit the shelves!
Rating: 4 / 5
I disliked the first book in this series – Death By Rhubarb and had thought the series would improve in the next book.
I was wrong. This book was awful.
It’s the Barbeque World Series and Heaven Lee, former lawyer, stripper and current restaurant owner is not only participating in a charity cook off but is one of the judges in the contest.
Things aren’t going so good when one of the contestants, the racist, sexist, aptly named Pigpen Hopkins ends up drowned in a pot of his barbeque sauce.
Why would someone want to kill Pigpen? Was it because he was a raciest, sexist pig, or was someone trying to steal the secret receipe for his barbeque sauce.
Since she discovered the body and also hated Pigpen, Heaven decides she better start investigating before the police decide she is as good a suspect as anyone.
The problems I had with the first book only seem worse in this one.
1. 45ish Heaven Lee – 4 times divorced, 1 widowed disbarred lawyer and former stripper is still very unlikeable, although every man she meets in these books seem to be madly attracted to her. I think the author is going towards a colorful character but I just find her obnoxious.
2. I don’t like her relationship with Hank the 25 year old, young enough to be her son boyfriend. I don’t object to older women and younger men, but in this case I don’t see any true feeling on her part towards him. She constantly talks about having loving feelings towards him, but they don’t ring true. They sound as if she’s trying to convince herself and us that she really loves him.
3. TOO MANY CHARACTERS. This was the main problem in the first book and it’s even worse in this one. The first book had a couple of people that I felt I got to know. Only one, Murray, the former New York City Crime Reporter, is even in this one to any extent. I finally gave up trying to remember who was who and in the end, it didn’t matter. Although I did like the character of Bo Morales, but how can you not like a gorgeous barbequer who travels in an old fashioned chuck wagon pulled by mules to the contests.
4. The solution to the mystery. I had to go back and read this section twice, because the solution made no sense to me. It felt tacked on, like the story had been going along and suddenly the writer remembered they had to have a killer and just picked someone out of a hat.
I did like the background of the Barbeque Contest, I’ve watched them on the Food Network and it seemed true to life as to how the contestants get so wrapped up in the events. Unfortunately, that can not sustain an otherwise uninteresting mystery filled with boring and irritating people.
I’m always optomistic and hope that the third book in the series will be better.
Rating: 1 / 5