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Book Reviews of Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7)

Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7)
Chile Death - China Bayles, Bk 7
Author: Susan Wittig Albert
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780425171479
ISBN-10: 0425171477
Publication Date: 10/1/1999
Pages: 306
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 132 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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24 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

CozyLover avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 335 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
#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.
FamFatale avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 369 more book reviews
China Bayles is looking forward to the annual chili cook-off in Pecan Springs. And when the event arrives, she takes along her fiance', giving both of them a break away from her meddling mother. The womanizing cook-off judge dies of a peanut allergy, suspiciously from peanuts in the Texas Chili.
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 33 more book reviews
A fun weekend read. Albert's books are light vacation reading for me but they always have enough twists in them to keep me reading till the end. And the end is not always predictable.
miracole61 avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 2 more book reviews
This is another good entry in the China Bayles series, plus some great chili recipes!
embchicken avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 95 more book reviews
Another great read from Susan Wittig Albert.
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 32 more book reviews
Another good book in the China Bayles series. Her characters are believable, there is a rich plot line , and good descriptions of the Texas Hill country! Each book has an underlying ( or not so underlying ) herb theme which makes them a gardeners delight and general good read. Dianne
Bookworm42 avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 54 more book reviews
Very good story, couldn't put it down.
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clever plot!! one of her best
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 28 more book reviews
Well written mystery, with lots of interesting information on the chile. Recipes included.
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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.
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 683 more book reviews
The seventh China Bayles offers a surprising climax, beautiful Texas hill coutry atmospere, solid police procedural details, and lots of information on herbs and chile( including recipes).
sharrona avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 207 more book reviews
This series just keeps getting better!
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 13 more book reviews
another great china bayles read
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 131 more book reviews
Another great mystery with China Bayles.
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 52 more book reviews
Another in the set, very good!
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 9 more book reviews
As enjoyable as all of the China Bayles mysteries have been. It sure made me hungry for a pot of good chile.
Kukana avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 131 more book reviews
7th in series. This one seems much improved over the last few I've read.
Luvbug avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 225 more book reviews
I really liked this installment of this series. It helped to continue the personal relationship between China and McQuaid. The way they found the killer and the twists and turns along the way made me wonder if I had guessed right.

The descriptions of all the different chilies seemed to be a bit muchI dont see how knowing all about the different chilies helped the story any.

Did the description of the barn that was falling apart really have to take up three pages? I would think that the author could have made it very clear that the barn was falling apart without having to take up so many pages.
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 71 more book reviews
After a lull, starting with the book before this one, the series great again, in fact even better than its strong beginning!
DEC avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 134 more book reviews
Amateur sleuth China Bayles is a former lawyer who now runs an herb shop and keeps getting involved in solving local murders. In this one, a chili cookoff judge dies from an allergic reaction, and China knows something suspicious is afoot.
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 18 more book reviews
This is a China Bayles mystery. She is an herb shop proprieter who solves mysteries with a crazy friend.
Bernie avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on
Number 7 in the series:
Amateur sleuth China Bayles finds herself in over her head as she struggles to cope with a crisis in her personal life, the annual chili cookoff, a womanizing judge, and mayhem.
reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on
If you like the China series it's as good or better than earlier ones... lite easy read
Dove avatar reviewed Chile Death (China Bayles, Bk 7) on + 262 more book reviews
I am enjoying this series. A fast easy to read cozy mystery.