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Feminist Mystery Reviews BREAD ON ARRIVAL Reviewed by Harriet Klausner ARTOS, the national bread makers association, is holding its annual convention in Kansas City. On the agenda is visits to local farms experimenting with wheat variants. However, the convention starts poorly when General Irwin Mills, a proponent of chemically-laden breads, falls to his death. Local restauranteer, Heaven Lee, wonders if the General was pushed because he had strong opposition to his ideas. Heaven begins her own investigation, starting with Walter Jinks and Ernest Powell, two men whose ideas to conquer world hunger radically differed from the deceased general and each other. However, if Heaven is not a bit more careful, she may find herself lying instead of kneading the dough. Heaven remains a divine character, whose exploits in and out of the kitchen will be enjoyed by mystery ans,especially those of culinary mysteries. BREAD ON ARRIVAL has a fast-paced plot filled with mouth watering recipes. Though Lou Jane Temple overwhelms the reader with detailed information on wheat, and rye, etc., this does not detract from the novel. Instead, pass the bread basket to the side and feast on a well written who-done-it, starring a charming chef.
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