Death Is Semisweet

Lou Jane Temple. Minotaur Books, $23.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-312-30122-4

When someone shoots down a blimp advertising the 50th anniversary of Foster's Chocolates, Kansas City (Mo.), chef-cum-sleuth Heaven Lee gets on the case in Lou Jane Temple's Death Is Semisweet: A Heaven Lee Mystery, the seventh entry in this enticing food cozy series (Red Beans and Vice, etc.). A range of recipes, from Miracle Whip Chocolate Cake to Chocolate Marshmallow Gingerbread, sweetens the plot, making this a feast for mystery-loving chocoholics.

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