CONCH FLAVOR FEATURED IN NEW KEY WEST MYSTERY “TOPPED CHEF”   

Local author Roberta Isleib, aka Lucy Burdette, will see her third Key West mystery, Topped Chef, released on May 7 by NAL/Penguin.

The books feature Hayley Snow, an aspiring food critic and amateur sleuth living in America’s southernmost island paradise. Many local people, events, and places appear in the book, including the Key West Food and Wine Festival, Michael’s Restaurant, Randy Thompson at the Aqua bar, Key West Police Office Steve Torrence, The Studios of Key West, the Waterfront Playhouse, and the tarot card reader at the Mallory Square sunset celebration.

In Topped Chef, Key Zest food critic Hayley Snow is tapped as a judge on a reality TV cooking show. Stakes are high because the winner is slated to become the next cooking superstar. When another judge turns up murdered, Hayley must figure out who’s taking the contest too seriously before she becomes the next victim.

Isleib is writing her new series using the pen name Lucy Burdette, borrowed from her maternal grandmother. She has just signed a contract for the next two books in the Key West series; Murder with Ganache, is scheduled for a February 2014 release.  The Florida Book Review has said “in a crowded cozy market, Lucy Burdette’s Key West Food Critic series stands out among its peers.”

Isleib’s first mystery series included 5 books featuring Cassie Burdette, an aspiring golf professional. Her Advice Column series featured Rebecca Butterman, a fictional psychologist in Connecticut. Isleib’s books and stories have been short-listed for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She is a past-president of Sisters in Crime, a national organization founded to support women crime fiction writers.

For more information, contact Roberta Isleib at [email protected].

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