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Lucy Burdette's Kitchen, August 2024
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A Poisonous Palate, August 2024
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A Clue in the Crumbs, August 2023
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A Dish to Die for, August 2022
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Unsafe Haven, August 2022
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A Scone of Contention, July 2022
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A Scone of Contention, August 2021
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The Key Lime Crime, August 2020
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A Deadly Feast, May 2019
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A Deadly Feast, May 2019
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Death on the Menu, August 2018
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Death on the Menu, August 2018
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Killer Takeout, April 2016
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Fatal Reservations, July 2015
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Death With All The Trimmings, December 2014
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Murder With Ganache, February 2014
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Topped Chef, May 2013
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Death in Four Courses, September 2012
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An Appetite For Murder, January 2012
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TOPPED CHEF
By: Lucy Burdette

Key West Food Critic
Signet
May 2013
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Featuring: Hayley Snow
320 pages
ISBN: 0451239709
EAN: 9780451239709
Kindle: B009UYXNSS
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery

Hayley finds herself judging a cooking contest and finding a killer.

Hayley Snow loves her job as the food critic for Key Zest magazine, tasting the offerings from Key West’s most innovative restaurants. She’d rate her life four stars, until she’s forced into the spotlight…and another murder investigation. Hoping for some good publicity, Hayley’s boss signs her up to help judge the Key West Topped Chef contest. Stakes are high as the winner could be the next cooking-show superstar. Hayley shows up for the filming nervous but excited, until she sees who’s on the judging panel with her: Sam Rizzoli, big shot businessman—and owner of the restaurant she just panned in her first negative review.

When Rizzoli turns up dead, the police assume his killer is one of his business rivals. But Hayley wonders whether someone is taking the contest a little too seriously. With the police following the wrong recipe, it’s up to Hayley to find the killer before she’s eliminated from the show… permanently.