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She planted the seeds of mystery stardom with her first book, Thyme of Death. She continued growing with such highly-praised follow-ups as Witches' Bane and Love Lies Bleeding. Now Susan Wittig Albert's career blooms with a flourish--with the brand-new offering Chile Death.
An annual chili cookoff, a womanizing judge, and a crisis in China's personal life add up to a novel that will delight fans of this fast-rising author, a nominee for both the Anthony and Agatha Awards--and attract a whole new audience to this "appealing series that just keeps getting better." (Booklist)
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
#7 of the China Bayles mysteries. Excellent as usual. The author manages to once again create a decent plot, characters who have emotional depth and a few unexpected twists and turns. Albert is one of the most consistent writers, quality wise, that I've read. This 7th book is as fresh and interesting as the first.
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Colette M. (This is another good entry in the China Bayles series, plus some great chili recipes!
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Sharron A. (After a lull, starting with the book before this one, the series great again, in fact even better than its strong beginning!
Well written mystery, with lots of interesting information on the chile. Recipes included.
Patricia S. wrote on 12/29/2006...clever plot!! one of her best
Susan F. (7th in series. This one seems much improved over the last few I've read.
Review from Amazon:
Chile is the pepper; chili (or sometimes chilli) is the spicy stew made with it. That's the first of many lessons about food, love, and death in Susan Wittig Albert's latest mystery about China Bayles, the Texas Hill Country lawyer turned herbalist and crime solver. Although Albert lives in the Texas Hill Country herself, she swears that China's hometown, Pecan Springs (which must have a higher per capita death rate than anyplace outside of Jessica Fletcher's Maine village), is fictional. So we have to believe that nobody really killed one of the judges of the annual Cedar Choppers Chili Cook-off by adding peanuts to his tasting sample and causing a deadly allergic reaction.
But China and her lover, ex-cop Mike McQuaid, believe it--especially after the dead chili judge, Jerry Jeff Cody, turns out to have a swampful of dirty secrets. So Albert begins a clever dance, keeping Bayles and the bedridden McQuaid (shot while working for the Texas Rangers) in just enough danger to maintain an atmosphere of suspense while also slipping in enough chile lore to outfit a chain of Taco Bells. The format may be familiar, but Albert is one of the best in the business at making it look newly hatched.
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