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Grilled, Chilled and Killed Paperback – December 25, 2012

by Lesley A. Diehl (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
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. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lesley retired from her life as a professor of psychology and reclaimed her country roots by moving to a small cottage in the Butternut River Valley in upstate New York. In the winter she migrates to old Florida-cowboys, scrub palmetto, and open fields of grazing cattle, a place where spurs still jingle in the post office. In her words, "I come to the "Big Lake" to write, hang out in cowboy bars, and immerse myself in the Florida that used to be. No beaches, no bikinis, no sand. Just cows, horses, and gators."
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  1. Book 2 of 3
    Big Lake Murder Mysteries
  2. Print length
    214 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Dark Oak Mysteries
  5. Publication date
    December 25, 2012
  6. Dimensions
    5.98 x 0.49 x 9.02 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1610090993
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1610090995
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Oak Mysteries (December 25, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 214 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1610090993
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1610090995
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.49 x 9.02 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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Lesley A Diehl

Lesley A Diehl

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Lesley retired from her life as a professor of psychology and reclaimed her country roots by moving to a small cottage in the Butternut River Valley in upstate New York. In the winter she migrates to old Florida—cowboys, scrub palmetto, and open fields of grazing cattle, a place where spurs still jingle in the post office, and gators make golf a contact sport. Back north, the shy ghost inhabiting the cottage serves as her writing muse. When not writing, she gardens, cooks and renovates the 1874 cottage with the help of her husband, two cats, and, of course, Fred the ghost, who gives artistic direction to their work.

She is author of several mystery series, all featuring country gals with attitude: the microbrewing mystery series set in the Butternut Valley of upstate New York—A Deadly Draught and Poisoned Pairings; the Big Lake Murder Mystery series—Dumpster Dying and Grilled, Chilled and Killed; and the Eve Appel Mysteries Series,A Secondhand Murder and Dead in the Water. Untreedreads publishes her short stories as well as a novel length mystery, Angel Sleuth. Her most recent mystery is Murder is Academic.

To learn more about Lesley and her books and stories go to her website http://www.lesleyadiehl.com. and blog www.lesleyadiehl.com/blog

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  • Nash Black
    5.0 out of 5 stars Barbecue is Deadly
    Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2019
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    Lesley A. Diehl's, Grilled, Chilled and Killed is a fun southern cozy. Emily Rhodes has a surplus of bodies and men in her life. Florida's interior is a land of cattle and scrub where the good ole boys takes their liquor and barbecue to heart and will kill to protect their interest. Emily can't stay out of the sauce as she tries to prove she is a better detective than Det. Stanton Lewis. Perfect series for spicy fans.
    Nash Black, quthor of Ono Almanac.
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  • Cathy G. Cole
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good characters, good humor, good story
    Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2013
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    Emily Rhodes, a retired preschool teacher, lives in rural Florida and works as a bartender to supplement her small pension. To make a little extra money, she agrees to work at a local barbeque cook-off. When she finds a dead body covered in barbeque sauce in the beer cooler, she decides to stay out of it and let Detective Stanton Lewis do his job. Well... until she finds out that his idea of whodunit is just plain wrong. Lewis is so condescending toward her that Emily packs up her theories and starts doing her own snooping. With a crooked cop muddying the investigative waters, it's anyone's guess who's going to be declared the winner in solving this case: Detective Lewis or Emily Rhodes.

    The very first things that grabbed me about Grilled, Chilled and Killed were the characters and the author's sense of humor. You learn the major characters' histories as you go along-- finding out what events shaped their lives and make them react the way they do to other people's behavior and to the action as it unfolds. Also, Emily is different from the normal cozy amateur sleuth because she gave her daughter Naomi up for adoption at birth. They are now forging a relationship, and that adds an interesting element to the story.

    Emily has two men interested in her: Detective Stanton Lewis and her boss, Donald Green, a man who never met a bass he didn't like. (We're talking fish here, folks.) Both men have a tendency to rub her fur the wrong way, but with the amount of arguing she and Lewis do, you know the chemistry is sparking between them. The romantic element of the book adds spice and doesn't detract from the story one bit, although I do hope Emily and Lewis tone down their squabbling a bit in future books.

    A lot of the humor that I appreciate so much is done in flashes: a descriptive phrase here, a small laugh-out-loud funny scene there. For instance, Emily decides that questioning suspects in restaurants isn't a good idea because she seems to be gaining weight; one person wears a shirt that's had "too many meetings with Maytag"; and Detective Lewis has a run-in with an old hound that will make you laugh a few pages later. Humor can be difficult to pull off, but Diehl does it very well.

    The villains are good ones, too. They have different agendas, which (as Poirot would say) makes the reader fire up the little grey cells in an attempt to deduce what's going on and why. Emily flirts with danger at one point, and her fear is palpable. What makes that entire section work is the fact that she doesn't allow herself to become so frightened that she can't think of ways to get out of the situation. I like my heroines feisty and smart, and that's Emily Rhodes in Grilled, Chilled and Killed.

    Good characters, good humor, good story. I'll be heading to the Big Lake country of Florida again. Why don't you meet me there?
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  • debby_nc
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love her books!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2017
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    Very entertaining
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  • laurathomas61
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun southern mystery
    Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2017
    If it ain’t one dead body it’s another, as once again Emily stumbles over one. This time it’s a contestant in the local barbecue contest. It seems someone is taking things a bit too seriously.

    Detective Lewis and Emily tangle up once again as she practices her snooping skills and he sniffs around her skirt. Yep, the romantic sparks from the first book have produced a small fire. There’s no denying they’re attracted to each other, whether they like it or not.

    Half the fun was reading about Lewis and Emily. I kept thinking they’d hook up. Then the author threw in a red herring named Donald. He just might upset their apple cart.

    There’s plenty of distractions as Emily tries to solve the case. She straightened out one thing that was looming over her from her past. Then, another huge one came knocking on her door. Not to mention hungry gators and giant pigs.

    So much in this book reminds me of me. I live in a small southern town. Tended bar at a local pub, as does Emily. And had friends from all walks of life. I felt right at home in the pages of this book and had a grand time.

    I’m not going to say you can’t read this without having read the first book. The author fills you in on previous events without slowing down the plot. But I’d recommend you hit the ground running and start at the beginning. You don’t want to miss out on the fun.

    I received a complimentary copy. My review is voluntarily given.
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