Key West Food Critic Mystery A Delicious Deception: A Key West Food Critic Mystery, (Hardcover)

<b>Mother-to-be Hayley Snow bites off more than she can chew in the sixteenth installment of Lucy Burdette's <i>USA Today</i> bestselling Key West Food Critic mysteries.</b> <p>When Sheriff's Deputy Darcy Rogers asks Hayley for a small favor, she can't say no. Nine months pregnant and temporarily benched from her food critic duties, Hayley's itching for a distraction and eager to help. All she has to do is tag along while a young woman picks up her daughter from her father at Monroe County's safe custody exchange location. Easy, right? </p><p>Wrong. </p><p>In the chaos of the Sheriff's Office open house, the mother disappears. Then the father bolts, leaving Hayley with a terrified girl and the realization that something has gone terribly wrong. Hayley and Deputy Rogers head north up the Keys to search for answers. </p><p>When a body turns up, Hayley realizes this isn't just a missing-persons case--it's a race against time. With the little girl's safety at risk, Hayley must trust her instincts--and her heart--to uncover the truth.</p>

• Key West Food Critic Mystery A Delicious Deception: A Key West Food Critic Mystery, (Hardcover)
• Author: Lucy Burdette
• ISBN: 9798892426251
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-07-14
• Page Count: 320