Topped Chef

Name: Topped Chef
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lucy Burdette
ISBN: 9781666632354

Author: Lucy Burdette

Series: Key West Food Critic #3

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 03/07/2023

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Women Sleuths, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

Hoping for some good publicity, Hayley’s boss at Key Zest magazine signs her up to help judge the Key West Topped Chef contest. Stakes are high as the winner could be the next cooking-show superstar. Hayley shows up for the filming nervous but excited, until she sees who’s on the judging panel with her: Sam Rizzoli, big shot businessman—and owner of the restaurant she just panned in her first negative review. When Rizzoli turns up dead, the police assume his killer is one of his business rivals. But Hayley wonders whether someone is taking the contest a little too seriously. With the police following the wrong recipe, it’s up to Hayley to find the killer before she’s eliminated from the show…permanently.

About Lucy Burdette

Lucy Burdette is a clinical psychologist who has published over fifteen mysteries. Her books have been shortlisted for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. A member of Mystery Writers of America and a past president of Sisters in Crime, she spends her time between Madison, Connecticut, and Key West, Florida.

About Laura Jennings

Laura Jennings is a professional narrator and voiceover artist with an MFA in creative writing. Her intrinsic appreciation of the techniques that comprise storytelling allows her to analyze the underlying moods and currents of a book and bring them into her interpretation of it. An avid reader, she enjoys a quiet lifestyle in the Pacific Northwest with her loving husband and aged beagle, Dottie.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on February 09, 2017

A reality show cooking competition finds food critic Hayley Snow among the judges. Things get off to a bad start when one of the judges is found dead. Did a chef murder the guy to boost his chances on the show? Or was it one of the fellow judges who had a beef with him? Or perhaps it was one of the......more

Goodreads review by Yvonne on May 02, 2013

Food critic, Hayley Snow, is back for another adventure in Key West, Florida. Much to her dismay, her boss signs her up to be a judge for a new reality cooking show called Topped Chef. As the judges get ready to choose the next big cooking star, Hayley can’t believe her eyes when she sees who one of......more

Goodreads review by Tina on May 20, 2013

I fell in love with Key West and Hayley Snow reading this series, she has a job as a food critic, a job any foodie would love to have. I get totally lost reading this series and want to live there forever. It seems like a relaxing life in paradise, living on a houseboat with roomie Miss Gloria, who......more

Goodreads review by Emilia on May 18, 2019

Ok so I wasn't going to write a review, but then I read the one star from someone there and had to write something. Totally adore the series, am planning to catch up finally. Love Hayley, her friends are sweet and very lively, Key West sounds like a place I'd love to visit. Plot flowing nicely, no d......more

Goodreads review by Linda on August 07, 2019

I'm really enjoying this series. This time Hayley is getting to be a judge on a reality cooking show taking place in Key West, I really enjoyed this as a setting for the mystery. I was definitely kept guessing and was surprised at the ending. I really like the characters and am looking forward to se......more