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Title details for A Dish to Die For by Lucy Burdette - Available

A Dish to Die For

#12 in series

by Lucy Burdette
Laura Jennings
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Peace and quiet are hard to find in bustling Key West, so Hayley Snow, a 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 and finds him furiously digging at a shallow grave with a man's body in it. Davis Jager, a local birdwatcher, identifies him as GG Garcia, a rabble-rousing Key West local and developer. Garcia was famous for over-development on the fragile Keys, womanizing, and refusing to follow city rules—so it's no wonder he had a few enemies. When Davis is attacked in the parking lot of a local restaurant after talking to Hayley and her dear friend, the octogenarian Miss Gloria, Hayley is slowly but surely drawn into the case. Hayley's mother, Janet, has been hired to cater GG's memorial service reception at the local Woman's Club, using recipes from their vintage Key West cookbook—and Hayley and Miss Gloria sign on to work with her, hoping to cook up some clues by observing the mourners. But the real clues appear when Hayley begins to study the old cookbook, as whispers of old secrets come to life, dragging the past into the present—with murderous results.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Key West Food Critic Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 9, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666613629
      • File size: 217297 KB
      • Duration: 07:32:42

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 8, 2022
      Burdette’s solid 12th Key West Food Critic mystery (after 2021’s A Scone of Contention) finds Hayley Snow, a food critic for Key Zest magazine, taking a beach trip to an island north of Key West, Fla., along with Nathan Bransford, her police detective husband, and their two dogs. There, one of the dogs uncovers a body in the sand that turns out to belong to restaurant and bar owner Gerald Garcia. During the Covid pandemic, Garcia refused to close his eating and drinking establishments, and he was rumored to be bankrolling the lobbyists promoting cruise ships. In short, the victim had many enemies with multiple motives to want him dead. Hayley and Nathan help the sheriff’s department investigate. Meanwhile, Hayley discovers a cookbook published by the Key West Woman’s
      Club in 1949 hidden in a drawer at the club. The glimpses of life in Key West decades earlier adds historical color to the somewhat perfunctory sleuthing. Recipes for such delectables as banana cream pie and pigs in a blanket round out the volume. Culinary cozy fans are in for a treat. Agent: Paige Wheeler, Creative Media.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Laura Jennings's narration brings out the lush landscapes and the sumptuousness of old-time Florida in this cozy mystery set in Key West. When food critic Hayley Snow finds a corpse, she teams up with her husband, a police detective, to identify the murderer. Jennings's smooth tones add a sultry quality to the sharp-minded sleuth's first-person narration. Her diverse voices capture the personalities of locals, such as spunky octogenarian Miss Gloria, and the bounty of suspects, people who disliked the murdered man, GG Garcia--a land developer and womanizer. When a nosy bird-watcher ends up in the hospital, Haley enlists the help of her mother, who is catering Garcia's memorial service reception, using recipes from an old cookbook. Jennings's performance shines in this alluring mystery set amid bird-watchers, bathers, and lively beach-town residents. M.F. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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