Lucy Burdette

"Peace and quiet are hard to find in bustling Key West, so Hayley Snow, food critic for Key Zest magazine, is taking the afternoon off for a tranquil lunch with a friend outside of town. As they are enjoying the wild beach and the lunch, she realizes that her husband Nathan's dog, Ziggy, has disappeared. She follows his barking, to find him furiously digging at a shallow grave with a man's body in it. Davis Jager, a local birdwatcher, identifies him...

A Florida Keys food critic investigates after a local prized possession, Ernest Hemingway's gold Nobel Prize medal, goes missing followed shortly thereafter by the sole suspect.

When a fierce rivalry between key lime pie bakers leads to a pastry chef's murder, food critic Hayley Snow is fit to be pied, and wonders if she can survive, now that the murderer is looking to take a slice out of her next

While attending the annual Key West literary conference, Hayley Snow, the new food critic for Key Zest magazine, stumbles upon the body of a superstar restaurant critic in a nearby dipping pool and must wade through a long list of suspects to catch a killer who has left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

Hayley Snow's life always revolved around food. But when she applies to be a food critic for a Key West style magazine, she discovers that her new boss would be Kristen Faulkner - the woman who stole her boyfriend! Hayley thinks things are as bad as they can get - until the police pull her in as a suspect in Kristen's murder. The weapon was a poisoned key lime pie, and Hayley must find out who used meringue to murder before she takes the blame.

The only snow in Key West this Christmas is Hayley Snow, food critic for Key Zest magazine, who is not getting time off for the holiday…or time off from murder.
It may be Christmastime, but thoughts of peace on earth, good will toward men, don’t seem to extend to the restaurant biz. Hayley has been assigned to interview Edel Waugh, chef/owner of Key West’s hottest new restaurant. But off the record, Edel reveals...

"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...

Elizabeth Browns world has fallen apart and she's thinking about her newly ex-fiancé. Until she locks eyes with a teenage girl while waiting for the train doors to open, and a bundle is thrust into her arms as she leaves the subway. A baby, wrapped in a dirty coat. Elizabeth phones the number she finds in the coat pocket. Then wishes she hadn't

Is there a recipe for the perfect life? Thirty-two-year-old 'happiness guru' Dr Cooper Hunziker has it all - a dream job as assistant psychology professor at Yale University, a soon-to-be published self-help book, The Happiness Connection, and the perfect guy. But there's a problem. Cooper isn't happy. Of course, it doesn't help that she's facing cut-throat competition for her tenure at Yale, an accusation of plagiarism that could cost her everything,...

This collection includes books 4-6 of Lucy Burdette's cozy Key West Food Critic Mystery series. Book 4: Murder With Ganache Food critic Hayley Snow has her plate heaped high with restaurant reviews, tastings, an article on the Hemingway cats, her best friend's wedding, and murder… Book 5: Death With All the Trimmings The only snow in Key West this Christmas is Hayley Snow, food critic for Key Zest magazine, who is not getting time off for the holiday…or...