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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

A Clue in the Crumbs by Lucy Burdette

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A Delicious Deception, July 2026
e-Book
The Mango Murders, August 2025
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A Clue in the Crumbs, February 2025
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Lucy Burdette's Kitchen, August 2024
e-Book
A Poisonous Palate, August 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
A Clue in the Crumbs, August 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
A Dish to Die for, August 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
Unsafe Haven, August 2022
Paperback / e-Book
A Scone of Contention, July 2022
Trade Size / e-Book
A Scone of Contention, August 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
The Key Lime Crime, August 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
A Deadly Feast, May 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
A Deadly Feast, May 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Death on the Menu, August 2018
Paperback / e-Book
Death on the Menu, August 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Killer Takeout, April 2016
Paperback / e-Book
Fatal Reservations, July 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Death With All The Trimmings, December 2014
Paperback / e-Book
Murder With Ganache, February 2014
Paperback / e-Book
Topped Chef, May 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Death in Four Courses, September 2012
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
An Appetite For Murder, January 2012
Paperback / e-Book

A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS
By: Lucy Burdette

Key West Food Critic #13
Crooked Lane Books
February 2025
On Sale: February 11, 2025
Featuring: Hayley Snow; Miss Gloria
320 pages
ISBN: 1639106715
EAN: 9781639106714
Kindle: B0BLTTFCTZ
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Hardcover (August 2023)

Mystery Cozy | Mystery Culinary | Mystery Amateur Sleuth

Bestselling author Lucy Burdette turns up the heat in the next installment of her Key West Food Critic mystery series, perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and Laura Childs.

Food critic Hayley Snow and her pal Miss Gloria are overjoyed to welcome Violet and Bettina Booth, aka the Scottish Scone Sisters, to Key West. The sisters will host The UK Bakes!—Key West Edition. But the same day they arrive, the bed-and-breakfast the sisters are staying in gets torched.

The contest begins the next morning featuring three local bakers. One is the inn owner’s wife, Rayna, who is not only the most talented chef of the group but now a person of interest in the fire. The next night, a dogwalker discovers a body near the bed-and-breakfast. The victim appears to be Rayna’s husband, and the murder weapon points directly to the Scottish Scone Sisters.

But the show must go on. In between filming sessions, the three elderly ladies and Hayley must search for clues to the brutal murder in order to find out who wants to force them out of the kitchen. But as they draw closer to the answer, the threats from a murderer grow closer too. Are they now in danger of getting baked off?

Key West Food Critic

Lucy Burdette's Kitchen
LUCY BURDETTE'S KITCHEN
#0.5 β€’ August 2024
An Appetite For Murder
AN APPETITE FOR MURDER
#1.0 β€’ January 2012
Death in Four Courses
DEATH IN FOUR COURSES
#2.0 β€’ September 2012
Topped Chef
TOPPED CHEF
#3.0 β€’ May 2013
Murder With Ganache
MURDER WITH GANACHE
#4.0 β€’ February 2014
Fatal Reservations
FATAL RESERVATIONS
#6.0 β€’ July 2015
Killer Takeout
KILLER TAKEOUT
#7.0 β€’ April 2016
Death on the Menu
DEATH ON THE MENU
#8.0 β€’ August 2018
The Key Lime Crime
THE KEY LIME CRIME
#10.0 β€’ August 2020
A Scone of Contention
A SCONE OF CONTENTION
#11.0 β€’ August 2021
A Dish to Die for
A DISH TO DIE FOR
#12.0 β€’ August 2022
A Clue in the Crumbs
A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS
#13.0 β€’ August 2023
A Clue in the Crumbs
A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS
#13.0 β€’ February 2025
A Poisonous Palate
A POISONOUS PALATE
#14.0 β€’ August 2024
The Mango Murders
THE MANGO MURDERS
#15.0 β€’ August 2025
A Delicious Deception
A DELICIOUS DECEPTION
#16.0 β€’ July 2026