I love this series. I would read it bust for the relationship between Haley and Miss Gloria!
Add in delectable food and gorgeous men, and I'm hooked.

Thanksgiving is approaching and so is the wedding of Haley Snow food critic to Nathan Bransford police officer.
Haley had just taken a seafood tasting tour and at the last stop a woman in the group collapses and die........poison? Revenge?
Haley is asked baby her friend Analise who runs the tour to investigate. Well, you know she won't turn that down as Haley has a habit of getting herself involved in past cases. Even though Nathan has asked her to stay away and let him and the police handle it.
This was a great way to escape to tropical Key West without having to pack my suitcase and feel warm while being home in cold weather. The food descriptions were mouth watering and made me hungry.
Great characters and a wonderful read.

Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for the opportunity to read this book.

An interesting plot with lots of twists that will keep you guessing. The characters are a wide range of personality. The food will make your mouth water.

A Deadly Feast by Lucy Burdette is a delightful trip to the Keys with a chance to wander around some of the streets of Key West which is only one mile wide and six miles long. There were just enough references to local landmarks and streets to spark the memory of anyone who has ever lived or spent some time there, without being overwhelming or feeling like a travelog.
The characters of this series, including Haley, a food reporter and the central protagonist for the series, her police officer fiance, Nathan, her roomate, Miss Gloria and several others including parents and friends, are well written with enough information to help them develop as individuals in the reader’s mind. An added bonus are the recipes at the back of the book, several of which look enticing and may wind up in a “to be tried” recipe box belonging to more than one reader.
This is the sixth in Ms. Burdette’s Key West Food Critic mysteries and my first of the series. Haley is on a food tour for an article she is writing when one of their group drops dead at the last stop. While the story is self-contained within this book, there are hints that Haley has solved mysteries prior to this one, sometimes to the chagrin of Nathan. While she talks about staying out of this one, she keeps agreeing to check into things for one or more of her friends, all while getting ready for her wedding which is supposed to happen at the end of the week.
While Haley is drawn to question what happened to her tour companion, she is also concerned that she may make Nathan unhappy in that he has asked her to let him handle murder and other crimes in his official capacity. Haley tries to walk a fine line between discovering what happened and whether or not it was someone seeking revenge on a local chef and staying true to her promise to Nathan. To complicate matters, Nathan is on an undercover assignment that has him disappearing for most nights with little information regarding his activities. Haley is even more frustrated when she sees his rented SUV parked outside a local strip club. Is he on assignment there or is he engaged in his last hurrah before marrying. There is little emphasis on Haley’s questioning of Nathan’s activities as to why a strip club and, as such, little tension arises from this storyline. Things do get heated when Nathan disappears on Thanksgiving Day, the day before their wedding.
The solution to this mystery comes about more from Haley simply driving around the island than any real detective work the reader sees getting done. Some of Nathan’s activities are central to solving this case and since the reader doesn’t have the chance to get this information until the explanation of who, what, and why, there is little opportunity to solve this puzzle just by picking up clues and avoiding red herrings. It was not difficult to know who the murderer was, even without this information.
This would be a great beach or airplane read, allowing the reader to escape to a tropical island without having to spend a great deal of time concentrating on clues and suspects. It is an easy book to put down and pick up as the reader’s schedule dictates. While it isn’t necessary to read the books in order to follow the action in this one, there are relationships and characters who seem to have been more fully developed in earlier novels within the series. As such, the reader might enjoy reading the books in order so they can watch these developments as they occur.
My thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for providing and advanced digital read copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

I requested this book because I enjoy the author. The book did not disappoint. It's a quick fun and light read. I really liked the book.

Hayley Snow has enough going on with her job and her personal life. When someone dies while on a food tasting tour, she once again finds herself in the thick of things. I love this series, and this book did not disappoint. A Deadly Feast has a ton of twists and turns, and I couldn't stop reading. Lucy Burdette is a wonderful author, and I highly recommend this book and this series!

I love this series. What could be better than a book about Key West AND food? Food critic Hayley Snow did not disappoint in this novel. I really enjoy her character. Thanks to Crooked Lane Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Nathan and Hayley were making the greatest step they can for the relationship, by getting married. So it’s no wonder the stress and anxiety of the occasion got them causing a few anxious moments for them. To top it off a death occurred on the food tour Hayley was on and subsequently became involved in the investigation due to her friend's request, and being such a soft-hearted soul, she couldn’t resist from getting involved. Imagine the life these two would have, Nathan a cop and Hayley an amateur sleuth, I sure would like to be that fly on their kitchen wall to hear all the cross patches they had to maneuver. This has been interesting, entertaining and mildly intriguing.

Loved it! I read it in a day. I've missed a few books in the series so it was nice to get caught up with these fantastic characters again. The series is a great cozy mystery with good plotting and likable characters. The character's interactions and relationships along with the mystery itself were well written. I'll be catching up on the books I missed and will be watching for the next book!

An intriguing cozy murder mystery. Fans of the genre will enjoy this one. Relaxing and fun to read. It's a cute entertaining story.

Other reviewers classed this as a 'cosy detective'. It is just that although with rather little emphasis on the 'detective' bit. A death on a 'food tour' followed by a murder of the husband has our heroine chasing around talking to foody friends and restauranteurs in and around Key West on her wretched scooter. Her fiance is the detective although he has a minimal role in the case or the book; she's the one chasing clues. She's also planning her upcoming wedding along with a mixed set of relations. All very busy busy busy. It's an ok lightweight read; the characters are pleasant enough; the descriptions of Key West are such that I could probably walk around it now without getting too lost; the foody bits are ok and I actually liked some of the recipes at the end of the book. I don't care enough about the characters to go and find the rest of the books though.

Thank you to net galley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this book it was a great experience

Hayley and Nathan are getting married but before then Hayley has one more journalistic assignment. On the food tour that she's reviewing someone dies. As its her friends business Hayley investigates despite the objections of her policeman fiance.

Nathan has his own problems with a secret assignment keeping him busy.

The characters are likeable and the Key West setting is well drawn.

Its the 9th book in the series, I hadn't read any of the previous books but I didn't find it a problem.

It’s the week leading up to Hayley and Nathan’s wedding and there is no shortage of things to do as their houseboat has not been remodeled, both are still working, and Thanksgiving is the day before they walk down the aisle. During a seafood tour Hayley is taking as research for an article she is working on, one of the participants collapses and dies. While she has promised she wouldn’t get involved in investigations, she can’t decline a request from her friend who runs the food tours and could see not only her business destroyed, but also those of the restaurants they visited on the tour.

But Hayley isn’t the only one busy with work as Nathan is either hanging out a the local strip club or working on a secret assignment. When the husband of the tourist is found dead in a dumpster behind the strip club, Hayley has to wonder if the death of the tourist is tied to what Nathan and the team are working on?

When Nathan doesn’t show for Thanksgiving dinner and she can’t reach him or his fellow officer, Hayley’s nerves begin to ratchet up several notches. It doesn’t help that he’s not only on some undercover assignment, but a violent criminal he helped to put away has broken out of prison and he swore he’d seek revenge against Nathan one day. Hayley knows being married to a police officer is going to be hard, but she loves Nathan with all her being and is committed to not become “That wife”. Still, something isn’t sitting right with her so she decides to drive around town and look for her betrothed. A woman should always trust her intuition and luckily this bride to be trusted hers before the big day.

This was the first of this series I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was great as a standalone, but I am going to be spending some time with the first eight books in the series to stave off the winter cold! Great character development and writing. You can almost smell the pink shrimp and taste the key lime pie! You’ll be wondering about whodunit and why right up to the end.

I enjoyed this chef/food mystery. Interesting and likeable characters. Enjoyed being with them in Key West. What a combination - a chef who likes to solve mysteries and a (finally) husband who is a somewhat rogue cop who likes to tell his (finally) wife to stay out of police business. But what do you do when friends are in need of help? Try not to get in too deep.....

A solid offering in the cosy mystery genre, A DEADLY FEAST has Hayley Snow investigating a murder (Hayley’s friend, Analise Snow, runs a seafood tasting tour and one of the customers has died).

Along with the investigation of the death, readers of this genre will delight in the second plot regarding Hayely & her police officer fiancee, Nathan Bransford (and cooks and bakers will enjoy the recipes included at the end of the book.)

Written in a light, easy tone, A DEADLY FEAST is perfect for a lazy day at home (or on the beach), curled up in comfy clothes, along with some delicious treats for company.

This book is well written. The characters were described good. Who would thought it was them who did it. This is a new to me author and I will definitely be reading more by her. Mysteries are one of my favorite genres to read.

law-enforcement, key-west, murder-investigation, food, friendship, family-dynamics

Key West food critic Hayley Snow has a lot on her plate (groan!). Thanksgiving, her wedding to a homicide detective, having work completed on their houseboat while all contractors are overworked following a very recent hurricane, helping her elderly roommate with her projects, and now she is in the middle of things when it appears that the woman who stroked out on a food tour with Hayley was poisoned!
The characters are engaging and the plot very quick yet complete with twists and red herrings. I enjoyed it a lot!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Crooked Lane Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

So many of the stories I have encountered lately involve the heroine and her wedding. Obviously this is a cozy fiction because there is no way someone could solve a murder and pull off a wedding simultaneously. It sure is fun to read about it though. Don't forget to look to the back of the book for great recipes like the decadent lobster mac and cheese (I can feel the pounds adding up as I imagine the scrumptious meal). Haley promises to not get involved when a fellow food tour participant dies of a stroke. Why would she, other than because her food tour guide friend says PLEASE. Then there is the chef at the restaurant where the poor woman collapsed after eating a dreamy little key lime pie. Haley promised Nathan, her fiancé she would steer clear but it seems that she can't say no and Nathan isn't around to watch her every move because he is deep in an investigation and isn't sharing details. All of this while she tries to get the new/old houseboat remodeled and then there is the stress of having divorced parents sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner together. I would have never made it but it sure was fun to read about Haley handling it all with great aplomb. Excellent read!

I received this book as an ARC and I am so glad I did !! This is the first time I have read this author and I can say that she is my new favorite writer. I liked her characters, Hayley, Nathan and of course Ms. Gloria.. The story was well written with time given to get to know the suspects. The build up to the murders is exciting.. I didn't guess the murderer until the end, the author really keeps you guessing.

I also enjoyed reading about the Keys and the communities. This book makes you feel Ike you are on vacation with a great group of foodie friends. The recipes at the end of the book are amazing too, I've made a couple aof them, and they were a hit.

I am so glad I received this ARC, I rate it 5 stars for great characters, mystery, and just a escape like a mini vacation that you don't have to pack for. Now I'm off to purchase the other books in this series.

Happy Reading
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