A Dish to Die for

 A Dish to Die for

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       August 10, 2022

 

Author  Lucy Burdett

Distributor:      Penguin Random House/Netgalley.
ISBN:                 9781639100729
Publisher:         Crooked Lane Books
Release Date:   August 2022  

   Website:   https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Hayley Snow, well know writer and food critic for Key Zest is finally taking a break from the madness of life with her good friend Eric Altman and her husband Nathans small, but inquisitive dog Ziggy Stardust, when she realises Ziggy has gone missing.

She decides to stroll further along the quiet beach and finds Ziggy digging madly in the sand, blue denim showing and what appears to be a hand showing amongst the sand. So begins another cozy murder A Dish To Die For with a plot that twists and turns throughout the culinary sector of Key West, to serve up a rather interesting conclusion.

The dead man is GG Garcia, a man known for his ruthlessness in business and his blatant womanising, a man with powerful connections and dangerous fiends, but what is he doing somewhere he would not normal be and dead at that.

Birdwatcher Davis Jager identifies the body, but says that he has no idea what happened as he was only there to observe the bird life; he also says he and GG had no love lost between them as GG would exploit anything he could to make money, including destroy rare bird habitat.

Davis becomes a bit of a worry to Hayley as he seems to have adopted her, but when is brutally attacked outside of a local restaurant after talking with her, she begins to wonder what really is going on.

Along with Miss Gloria, her mother Janet, who has been asked to cater for GG’s Memorial Service, to be held ironically at the Women’s Club, she reluctantly begins to investigate what is fast turning into a rather nasty, messy, mystery which has a long trail back into the early days of Key West and the Woman’s Club. Not at all what was expected.

A Dish To Die For from Lucy Burdett is a slow but comfortable read, perfect for a lazy day at home or at the beach. A real bonus are the four fabulous recipes at the end of the book which feature in the story.

Crime, Fiction