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Cats, a tropical setting, mouth-watering food (with some recipes included), and did I mention cats? Lucy Burdette’s Key West Food critic mystery series has all the ideal ingredients for a great read.
In this ninth installment in the series, A Deadly Feast, food critic Haley Snow is finishing up one last task before Thanksgiving and her wedding to police offer Nathan Bransford, a report about a food tasting tour. When one of the women on the excursion collpases and dies, the woman who owns the excursion company who is also a friend of Haley’s, asks her to investigate.
From the publisher:
The sweet potatoes and stuffing will have to wait when Hayley picks up a distraught phone call from her friend, Analise Smith. On the last stop of a seafood tasting excursion run by Analise, one of the customers collapsed—dead. With the police on the verge of shutting down the tour—and spoiling Analise’s business—Hayley can hardly refuse her friend’s entreaties to investigate.
As if wedding jitters and family strife weren’t enough for Hayley to worry about, there’s crusty pastry chef Martha Hubbard, whose crucial lime pie may have been the murder weapon—but did she poison her own pie or was she framed? As the hours to Turkey Day tick away, the pressure cooker is on for Hayley to serve up the culprit on a silver platter in A Deadly Feast, national bestselling author Lucy Burdette’s taste-tempting ninth crucial West Food critic mystery.
My favorite part of this series are the in-depth and brilliant descriptions of crucial West and its inhabitants.I still have fond memories of my one visit in the 1980’s, and this series always takes me back to that simpler time. Haley’s cats Evinrude and Sparky are not central to the mystery, but they make occasional appearances.
Haley is an immensely likeable protagonist, supported by a cast of quirky secondary characters. The setting, the cats, and the guilt-free pleasure of reading about outstanding food make this one of my favorite mystery series.
A Deadly Feast is available from Amazon.
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2 comments on Review: A Deadly Feast
Jana Leah says:
May 10, 2019 at 7:51 pm
I’m looking forward to reading Hayley’s next adventure.
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Janine says:
May 10, 2019 at 7:26 am
What a fun cover.
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