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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1996
  • Latest Book:
    March 2006
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Full Series List in Order

A Heaven Lee Culinary Mystery

1 - Death by Rhubarb (Aug-1996)
2 - Revenge of the Barbeque Queens (Apr-1997)
3 - A Stiff Risotto (Oct-1997)
4 - Bread on Arrival (Nov-1998)
5 - The Cornbread Killer (Nov-1999)
6 - Red Beans and Vice (Aug-2001)
7 - Death Is Semisweet (Sep-2002)

A Spice Box Mystery

1 - The Spice Box (May-2005)
2 - Death du Jour (Mar-2006)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • AT CAFE HEAVEN, THE SOUFFLES DON'T FALL, BUT THE BODIES DO. Heaven Lee is sassy, brassy, and street-smart. She's also one of Kansas City's premier caterers. With a string of failed careers and stalled marriages behind her, Heaven's finally found h...



  • 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 tha...



  • THE KNIVES ARE OUT! Heaven Lee--proprietress extraordinaire of Kansas City's celebrated Cafe Heaven--knew she had to watch her back at Aspen's gossipy Real Dish Food Festival. But it wasn't until the saucy cook stumbled across the battered body of...



  • When murder strikes at a bread-making convention, leaven Lee must rise to the occasion... Having overcome a series of failed careers, sassy sometime-sleuth Heaven Lee has found her own slice of paradise as a pre-eminent Kansas City chef. When the ...



  • Heaven Lee has come into her own as a respected Kansas City chef, and she's savoring every minute of it. With a big-name jazz festival rolling into town, Heaven is on food detail--which means crockpot after crockpot of signature soul food dishes. But...



  • Heaven Lee has come to the Big Easy to get some much-needed vacation time away from her bustling Kansas City restaurant and cook up some dishes worthy of her name for the Sisters of the Holy Trinity's annual benefit dinner. But when the Sisters' priz...



  • Heaven Lee has lived in Kansas City a long time, and she thought she knew as much as there was to know about her hometown. But when her longtime friend Stephanie Simpson starts a new business as a chocolatier after divorce, Heaven is surprised and de...



  • Bridget Heaney is a young Irish girl trying to find her way, like so many others in 1860s New York. Her first break is working in the kitchen for one of New York's most prominent men -- Isaac Gold. There, hidden high on a shelf, Bridget finds an ...



  • The Spice Box ...is passed down from chef to chef, generation to generation. It holds favorite recipes, traditions, and secrets from kitchens throughout history. Inside this spice box are authentic recipes from the kitchens of Revolutionary Paris......





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lou Jane Temple has published 9 books.

Lou Jane Temple does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Death du Jour, was published in March 2006.

The first book by Lou Jane Temple, Death by Rhubarb, was published in August 1996.

Yes. Lou Jane Temple has 2 series.