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A Scone of Contention by Lucy Burdette

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A SCONE OF CONTENTION
By: Lucy Burdette

Key West Food Critic Mystery #11
Crooked Lane
August 2021
On Sale: August 10, 2021
ISBN: 1643856243
EAN: 9781643856247
Kindle: B08N6SCZRC
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Mystery Cozy

A murderer's out to spoil Hayley's honeymoon in national bestselling author Lucy Burdette's eleventh Key West Food Critic Mystery.

Key Zest food critic Hayley Snow and her groom, police detective Nathan Bransford, thought Scotland was the ideal destination for two newlyweds. That was before they learned they'd be sharing their trip with Nathan's crotchety mother, his sister, and his brother in law, who seem to have conspired to keep the couple apart. Worse, the trip takes a deadly Tartan turn when Hayley watches a man falls to his death from the famous Falkirk Wheel.

No one in Vera's party claims to know the victim, Joseph Booth--but Hayley suspects otherwise. She is troubled to add to the suspect list her mother-in-law's elderly pal, Gloria, who insisted she'd been poisoned when she doubled over with pain after the salad course at the previous night's dinner. The next day, she felt well enough to join her colleagues and Hayley for a boat ride on the Wheel, high above the Forth and Clyde canals.

To clear Miss Gloria's name, Hayley visits the dead man's home, hunting for clues while enjoying Booth's mother's prize-winning cinnamon scones. What she finds troubles her more than ever--the killer may be someone very close to her heart.

Can Hayley, her mother-in-law, and Miss Gloria solve the mystery, or will the killer get away Scot free? 

Key West Food Critic

Lucy Burdette's Kitchen
LUCY BURDETTE'S KITCHEN
#0.5 • August 2024
An Appetite For Murder
AN APPETITE FOR MURDER
#1.0 • January 2012
Death in Four Courses
DEATH IN FOUR COURSES
#2.0 • September 2012
Topped Chef
TOPPED CHEF
#3.0 • May 2013
Murder With Ganache
MURDER WITH GANACHE
#4.0 • February 2014
Fatal Reservations
FATAL RESERVATIONS
#6.0 • July 2015
Death on the Menu
DEATH ON THE MENU
#8.0 • August 2018
The Key Lime Crime
THE KEY LIME CRIME
#10.0 • August 2020
A Scone of Contention
A SCONE OF CONTENTION
#11.0 • August 2021
A Dish to Die for
A DISH TO DIE FOR
#12.0 • August 2022
A Clue in the Crumbs
A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS
#13.0 • August 2023
A Clue in the Crumbs
A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS
#13.0 • February 2025
A Poisonous Palate
A POISONOUS PALATE
#14.0 • August 2024
The Mango Murders
THE MANGO MURDERS
#15.0 • August 2025
A Delicious Deception
A DELICIOUS DECEPTION
#16.0 • July 2026

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