A nice way to escape during the holidays! The author writes a great mystery, enchanting characters, and a beautiful setting all wrapped in a novel you will want to read again and again. Once you start this book, you won't be able to put it down until the last page.

Kindle Copy for Review from Net Galley

I received a free, advance copy of this book and this is my unbiased and voluntary review.

Hayley Snow is getting ready for Thanksgiving and her upcoming nuptials. But nothing goes smoothly for the food critic as a guest attending a food tasting dies not from seafood but from key lime pie that the pastry chef made. Did she poison her pie or was it sabotage?

If Thanksgiving food is not stressful enough toss in a murder to keep things busy for Hayley and her police officer fiancé Nathan. A wonderful read.

A Deadly Feast is the 9th book of the Key West Food Critic Mystery series.
Hayley Snow is busy with Thanksgiving, her upcoming wedding to Detective Nathan Bransford, her food critic job at Key Zest magazine, and investigating a death that happened right in front of her on a food tasting tour.
Lucy Burdette does her usual great job with describing life on Key West and the food scene there. She even incorporates the #MeToo movement and its effect on some celebrity chefs.
All of Hayley’s friends and family are included in this book as well. It has been nice to watch the relationship of Hayley and Nathan develop and I look forward to seeing what happens between them in the future.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC

It’s Thanksgiving in Key West and food critic Hayley Snow just wants to celebrate with her fiancé and family. But she won’t get a chance because her friend Analise calls in a panic, one of the members of her food tasting tour group has keeled over. With suspicion falling on the key lime pie as the murder weapon, Analise is in danger of losing her livelihood and she needs Hayley to find the real culprit.

It’s almost Thanksgiving and as Hayley Snow puts the finishing touches her assignment for “Key Zest” magazine, Analise is devastated when one of people on the seafood tasting tour collapses . . . and dies. Hayley wants to help, but her father and his family are about to arrive for Hayley’s day-after-Thanksgiving wedding to police detective Nathan Bransford and she’s distracted and suffering a case of pre-wedding jitters.

Nevertheless, working around her article, her last-minute wedding preparations, Thanksgiving dinner, and a yet-to-be-remodeled houseboat, Hayley steps in to investigate for her friend. Can she identify the culprit and solve the mystery?

In this, the ninth book in the series, all the expected characters are in place and the Key West setting is well-described and inviting. The unfolding story offers readers some unexpected twists and pulls them into the mystery as unforeseen events keep the pages turning. Readers are sure to find this delightful tale a wonderful addition to the series.

Highly recommended.

I received an advance reader’s copy of this e-book from Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley.
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