Hayley Snow loves her job as the food critic for Key Zest magazine, tasting the offerings from Key Westβs most innovative restaurants. Sheβd rate her life four stars, until sheβs forced into the spotlightβ¦and another murder investigation. Hoping for some good publicity, Hayleyβs 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 whoβs on the judging panel with her: Sam Rizzoli, big shot businessmanβand 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, itβs up to Hayley to find the killer before sheβs eliminated from the showβ¦ permanently.
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