Download or read book Death in Four Courses written by Lucy Burdette and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the new food critic for Key Zest magazine, Hayley Snow went from being a culinary groupie to one of Florida’s cutting-edge tastemakers. But as always, when life serves Haley a dream come true, it comes paired with a most exquisite murder.... The annual Key West literary conference is drawing the biggest names in food writing from all over the country, and Haley is there to catch a few fresh morsels of insider gossip. Superstar restaurant critic Jonah Barrows has already ruffled a few foodie feathers with his recent tell-all memoir, and as keynote speaker, he promises more of the same jaw-dropping honesty. But when Hayley discovers Jonah’s body in a nearby dipping pool, the cocktail-hour buzz takes a sour turn, and Hayley finds herself at the center of attention—especially with the police. Now it’s up to her to catch the killer before she comes to her own bitter finish.

Download or read book Death in Key West written by Jeffrey Round and published by Cormorant Books. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bradford Fairfax, special agent, has a romantic New Year’s Eve in store for his boyfriend Zach: a stay at a luxury resort in Key West. But their plans are turned upside down when the pair run into an improbable “heiress” to one of the world’s great fortunes — someone who is desperate to convince anyone that his father wants him dead. But how much of a grasp on reality can a drug-abusing mega-wealthy man who thinks he’s Maria Callas really have? And who or what is this mysterious “Baby” that he pines for? Does the transvestite ghost, Rosie, hold the answers to these and other troubling questions? Join Brad and his sidekick Zach for this second instalment in the Bradford Fairfax mystery series, a madcap and raunchy romp through the original gay Shangri-La.

Download or read book Murder in Key West 1 written by Shirrel Rhoades, Editor and published by AbsolutelyAmazingebooks.com. This book was released on 2022-03-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Can't-put-'em-down stories by Key West's best mystery writers," observes legendary adventurer Reef Perkins. Murder In Key West by Michael Haskins. Another adventure by freelance journalist Mad Mick Murphy. His day takes a turn for the worse when he discovers the body of an old newspaper crony — as cold as granite from a Quincy quarry and almost as hard. A Lucky Man by Jonathan Woods. A gonzo tale of a man, a dead body and a mysterious palm reader. The Itinerary by Roberta Isleib (writing as Lucy Burdette). Detective Jack Meigs visits the island only to encounter a puzzling missing person case. Four Fingers and the Dead Drag Queen by Shirrel Rhoades. Retired homicide detective Wharton "Four Fingers" Dalessandro solves crimes on the spot so he can go fishing. Here, he's dealing with a dead drag queen known as Gilded Glinda. Saving Gloria by Jessica Argyle. When Raymond married Gloria he'd hoped to save her — but with her around could he save his own life? Block by Mike Dennis. What happens when a bestselling author meets her fictional character, a murderer who doesn't want to follow the script. Ivory Tower by Hal Howland. Jacquard had just finished the orchestra rehearsal when someone discovers the dead body of the music school's unpopular dean. Loose Cannons by Tom Corcoran. Delivering a boat is no pleasure cruise when you don't trust the owner or his hand-picked crew.

Download or read book DEATH by KEY WEST written by Jon Breakfield and published by Gallowgate Press. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In balmy and sub-tropical Key West, Florida, a young bride-to-be is abducted from her bed in her parent's beach-front home. In bitterly cold and snowy Glasgow, Scotland, a young bride-to-be is found dead and cannibalized in a derelict hotel.Two crimes. Over four-thousand miles apart.The only connection is an ex-cop.And a free-range psychopath.

Download or read book Murder In Key West 9 Murder and Mayhem in Paradise written by Shirrel Rhoades and published by Absolutely Amazing eBooks. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’ve come to look forward to the annual appearance of this mystery anthology. Who would have guessed so many murders take place on the sunny island of Key West – at least in the pages of books.” —Edward Squires, Not Quite a Novella Here’s another can’t-put-it-down edition of mystery short stories. In these pages you will encounter a dozen intriguing tales by Bill Craig, Robert Coburn, David Beckwith, Barthélemy Banks, Hollis George, Jack Mazur, George Davidson, H.L. Osterman, Earl Smith, William P. Bahlke, Rusty the Writer, and Shirrel Rhoades. Some of these stories are neo-noirs, others cozies, still others heads-scratching puzzlers. You will meet spies, murderers, ex-cops, and private eyes. But the focus remains on Key West, that southernmost island where you will find murder and mayhem in Paradise. Shirrel Rhoades is a publisher, editor, and writer who has lived in Key West for over 20 years, so he knows the island from Fort Zach to Fort East Martello, the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. He was a founder of Mystery Fest Key West and served three two-year terms as the president of the Key West Art & Historical Society. An avid reader, he loves a good mystery.

Download or read book Death on the Menu written by Lucy Burdette and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke and Leslie Meier, national bestseller Lucy Burdette's eighth Key West Food Critic mystery sees the return of fan-favorite food critic Hayley Snow, who must once again get to the bottom of a bitter murder. When a killer strikes just before flan time, beloved food critic Hayley Snow is forced to sniff out the killer before someone else bites the dust. Hayley Snow, fiery food critic for Key Zest magazine, has just landed a ticket to one of the most prestigious events in Key West: a high-brow three-day conference at the Harry Truman Little White House. Even though she’ll be working the event helping her mother’s fledgling catering business, there’s plenty of spicy gossip to go around. But just before her mother’s decadent flan is put to the test, Key West’s most prized possession, Hemingway’s Nobel prize gold medal for The Old Man and the Sea, is discovered stolen from its case. Unsavory suspicions point to Gabriel, a family friend and one of the new busboys working the event, who mysteriously goes missing moments later. Anxious to clear his name, Gabriel’s family enlists Hayley to help find him, but right as they begin their search, his body is found stabbed to death in the storeroom. Hayley has no shortage of suspects to interrogate and very little time before the killer adds another victim to the menu in national bestselling author Lucy Burdette’s delectable eighth Key West Food Critic mystery, Death on the Menu.

Download or read book Undying Love written by Ben Harrison and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He fell in love with her at first sight--but their romance didn't begin until after she died.

Download or read book Haunted Key West written by David L. Sloan and published by Phantom Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two incredible books in one. Haunted Key West tells tales from ten of Key Wests favorite hauntings including the ghost of Ernest Hemingway, the lady in blue and the ghost of US. Strange Key West takes you beyond the supernatural with amazing stories about voodoo curses, bizarre cemeteries and a grotto that protects the island from hurricanes.

Download or read book Murder Key West Style written by David Vizard and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American war hero dies alone and homeless in Key West, Florida. But he passes under unsettling circumstances and his family wants answers. News reporter Nick Steele, vacationing in the Keys to get married and honeymoon, looks into the Marine Corps veteran's homeless life and mysterious death. What he finds is stunning.

Download or read book An Appetite For Murder written by Lucy Burdette and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hayley Snow's life always revolved around food. But when she applies to be a food critic for a Key West style magazine, she discovers that her new boss would be Kristen Faulkner, the woman Hayley caught in bed with her boyfriend. Hayley thinks things are as bad as they can get, until the police pull her in as a suspect in Kristen's murder. Kristen was killed by a poisoned key lime pie. Now Hayley must find out who used meringue to murder before she takes all the blame.

Download or read book Death Key written by Greta Manville and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murder victim's wife is forced to become the detective after the police close the case as an accidental shooting. Caro Weston returns to Key West from her New York home, determined to find evidence, but before she can act, a dark foreigner abducts her, taking her to an obscure, uninhabited island. The man, seductive Collin Sanders, attempts to convince her he is not the killer, beguiling Caro with his gentleness and show of sincerity. She finds herself reluctantly falling in love with Sanders--until a discovery at Death Key sends her trust reeling..

Download or read book Keys to Death written by Emily Toll and published by Berkley Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting a friend's newly opened resort in the Florida Keys, travel agent/sleuth Lynne Montgomery runs afoul of a killer who may make her vacation a permanent one. Original.

Download or read book Key West Connection written by Randy Striker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When it comes to creating push-the-limits plots and loathsome bad guys” (Sarasota Herald-Tribune), Randy Wayne White is a master. This is the New York Times bestselling author at his vintage best—a violent plunge into the depths of the Gulf Stream as one man’s vengeance becomes another’s worst nightmare.... Ex–Navy SEAL Dusky MacMorgan survived a military hell only to find it again where he least expected it—as a fisherman trolling the Gulf Stream in his thirty-foot clipper. His new life is shattered when a psychotic pack of drug runners turns the turquoise waters red with the blood of his beloved family. Trained in the lethal arts, Dusky has only one recourse. Armed with an arsenal so hot it could blow the Florida coast sky-high, he’s tracking the goons responsible—right into the intimate circle of a corrupt U.S. Senator iving beyond the law in his own island fortress. It was built for ruthless power and perverse pleasure. Now it has to withstand the force of a one-man hit squad....

Download or read book Dead Man s Take written by Paul Carr and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On his first day as sheriff’s detective in Key West, Michael Dalton is asked to solve the murder of Carl Myron, whose body was found floating in the ocean. A bullet to the head appears to be the cause of death, but Dalton soon discovers a far grislier truth—the dead man was still alive when he hit the water. Before he can investigate further, Dalton is suspended thanks to a jealous coworker digging up dirt about his Chicago past. Then someone plants a bag of cocaine in Dalton's home. Not waiting around for the next setup, he calls in his friend Sam Mackenzie to help investigate. As they dive deeper into Myron’s criminal history and a possible drug connection, more victims are discovered. Will the evidence lead them to the cold-blooded killer before Dalton is the next man found in a watery grave?"--Back cover.

Download or read book True Secrets of Key West Revealed written by Marcus Varner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key West is a tropical island at the end of the Florida Keys. Quiet, quaint and completely bizarre. The authors of True Secrets of Key West Revealed! went to great lengths to research the hidden truths about this island paradise. In a lively question and answer format you will learn what restaurant has a graveyard in it, what has protected Key West from hurricanes since 1918 and about the crazy count who lived and slept with his dead "wife's" body...for seven years! Indexed for easy reference. You won't find a funnier or more accurate place for information about the odder side of Key West.

Download or read book Warlock written by Jim Harrison and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A rich and sparkling novel."--Los Angeles Times

Download or read book A Deadly Feast written by Lucy Burdette and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National bestselling author Lucy Burdette’s intrepid food critic Hayley Snow must sniff out a killer in the ninth Key West Food Critic mystery. Key West food critic Hayley Snow scents-es something fishy when a customer falls stone-crab cold dead on a seafood tasting tour. Thanksgiving is nearly here, and Key West food critic Hayley Snow has just one more assignment to put to bed for Key Zest magazine before she gets to celebrate with her family and her police officer fiancé, Nathan Bransford. Then, just days later, wedding bells will ring—if death doesn’t toll first. The sweet potatoes and stuffing will have to wait when Hayley picks up a distraught phone call from her friend, Analise Smith. On the last stop of a seafood tasting tour run by Analise, one of the customers collapsed—dead. With the police on the verge of shutting down the tour—and ruining Analise’s business—Hayley can hardly refuse her friend’s entreaties to investigate. As if wedding jitters and family strife weren’t enough for Hayley to worry about, there’s crusty pastry chef Martha Hubbard, whose key lime pie may have been the murder weapon—but did she poison her own pie or was she framed? As the hours to Turkey Day tick away, the pressure cooker is on for Hayley to serve up the culprit on a silver platter in A Deadly Feast, national bestselling author Lucy Burdette’s taste-tempting ninth Key West Food Critic mystery.