Death by Rhubarb — Lou Jane Temple

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 her true love--Cafe Heaven, a trendy restaurant on midtown 39th.

Open-mike night at Cafe Heaven gets pretty hairy, but Heaven is shocked when lovely lawyer Tasha Arnold drops dead from poisoning mid-dinner. With the law and word-of-mouth threatening to close her down, Heaven does what any chef worth her salt would--she turns sleuth.

But asking questions on a mean street like 39th gets Heaven into hot water. Somewhere out there is a killer who could turn Kansas City's favorite caterer into Kansas City's freshest corpse!