Book Recommendation: Killer Takeout by Lucy Burdette
Killer Takeout (2016) is novel number seven of the Key West Food Critic Mystery series by author Lucy Burdette (Roberta Isleib). This is a good series for your reading list. Click on the link to reach the website to learn more about the author and her books.
It’s Fantasy Fest at Key West, and food critic Hayley Snow is ready to celebrate. But a killer seems intent on crashing the party in this mystery from the national bestselling author of Death with All the Trimmings.
Every year, Key West’s week long Mardi Gras–style festival has tourists and locals alike lining up for costumed revelry and delicious eats. Key Zest magazine has assigned Hayley to write a piece on the fest’s grab-and-go food, so she’s planning on hitting up the mobile eateries while checking out the party preparations.
Hayley’s office mate, Danielle, recently elected Queen of Fantasy Fest, is also buzzing between festivities and fundraisers. But when a former royal rival gets taken out, Hayley needs to put down her party hat and her pen and figure out who served up a side of murder—before Danielle gets crowned a killer... Goodreads
Lucy Burdette is the author of the USA Today bestselling Key West Food Critic mystery series. Her alter-ego, clinical psychologist Roberta Isleib, has also published eight mysteries including the golf lover’s mystery series and the advice column mysteries. Lucy’s first novel of suspense, Unsafe Haven, was published by Severn House Press in December 2021. The Ingredients of Happiness, a novel, was published by Severn House in July 2023.
Her books and stories have been shortlisted for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. A Clue in the Crumbs was awarded the gold medal for popular fiction from the Florida Book Awards 2023. Both A Dish to Die For and The Key Lime Crime won the bronze medal for popular fiction from the Florida Book Awards. She’s a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and a past president of Sisters in Crime as well as the Friends of the Key West Library.
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