The key lime crime: a key west food critic mystery, hardcover/lucy burdette

National bestselling author Lucy Burdettes tenth Key West Food Critic mystery is piping hot with pie-enthusiasts and murder suspects.

When a fierce rivalry between key lime pie bakers leads to a pastry chefs murder, food critic Hayley Snow is fit to be pied.

During the week between Christmas and New Years, the year-round population of Key West, Florida, faces a tsunami of tourists and snowbirds.

It doesnt help that outrageously wealthy key lime pie aficionado David Sloan has persuaded the city to host his pie-baking contest.

Every pie purveyor on the island is out to win the coveted Key Lime Key to the City and Key Zest food critic Hayley Snow is on the scene to report it.

Meanwhile, Hayleys home life is turning more tart than sweet.

Hayleys new hubby, police detective Nathan Bransford, announces that her intimidating mother-in-law is bearing down on the island for a surprise visit.

Hayley offers to escort Nathans crusty mom on the iconic Conch Train Tour of the islands holiday lights, but it becomes a recipe for disaster when they find a corpse among the glittering palm trees and fantastic flamingos.

The victim--Au Citron Verts controversial new pastry chef--was a frontrunner in Sloans contest.

Its bad enough that Hayleys too-curious mother-in-law is cooking up trouble.

Now, the murderer is out to take a slice out of Hayley.

Can she handle the heat of a killers kitchen? About the Author Clinical psychologist Lucy Burdette has published 15 mysteries, including the latest in the Key West food critic mysteries.

Her books and stories have been shortlisted for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards.

Shes a member of Mystery Writers of America and a past president of Sisters in Crime.

She lives in Madison, CT and Key West, FL.