Grilled, Chilled and Killed — Lesley A. Diehl

In the second Big Lake Mystery, Emily Rhodes, retired preschool teacher and bartender turned amateur snoop, wonders if she is destined to discover dead bodies. This time she finds one of the contestants at the local barbeque cook-off dead and covered in barbeque sauce in a beer cooler. She should be used to stumbling onto corpses by now and the question of who killed the guy should pique her curiosity, but Emily decides to let Detective Lewis handle this one, at least until she figures his theory of who did the deed is wrong, wrong, wrong. Review Blurbs: “…a wonderful combination of mystery, murder and mirth. The most recent novel in her Big Lake mystery series has it all: an intriguing plot, a cast of colorful characters, a vivid rural Florida setting and a dash of romance intertwined with humor every step of the way.” --Patricia Gligor, author of The Malone Mystery Series “Lesley Diehl's new southern mystery has it all, suspense, intrigue, romance and a killer title, Grilled, Chilled and Killed.” --Michael Murphy, author of Goodbye Emily “…Lesley Diehl has done it again with a story too good to put down. Emily Rhodes works part-time at a country club cocktail lounge, but Diehl is the one mixing the best cocktail whose ingredients consist of mystery, humor and romance, and of course, murder. Slip in a crooked cop, a barbeque cook-off, a shady character in the background and a feral pig, and you'll have a delightful day of reading. Trust me on this one.” --Marja McGraw, author of the Sandi Webster and Bogey Man Mysteries