A Delicious Deception
Author: Burdette, Lucy
ISBN: 9798892426251
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 04 Aug 2026
Pages: 320
Format: Hardback
Plt;bPgt;Mother-to-be Hayley Snow bites off more than she can chew in the sixteenth installment of Lucy BurdetteP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;USA TodayPlt;/iPgt; bestselling Key West Food Critic mysteries.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When SheriffP#8217;s Deputy Darcy Rogers asks Hayley for a small favor, she canP#8217;t say no. Nine months pregnant and temporarily benched from her food critic duties, HayleyP#8217;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 CountyP#8217;s safe custody exchange location. Easy, right?Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Wrong.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In the chaos of the SheriffP#8217;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. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When a body turns up, Hayley realizes this isnP#8217;t just a missing-persons caseP#8212;itP#8217;s a race against time. With the little girlP#8217;s safety at risk, Hayley must trust her instinctsP#8212;and her heartP#8212;to uncover the truth.
ISBN: 9798892426251
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 04 Aug 2026
Pages: 320
Format: Hardback
Plt;bPgt;Mother-to-be Hayley Snow bites off more than she can chew in the sixteenth installment of Lucy BurdetteP#8217;s Plt;iPgt;USA TodayPlt;/iPgt; bestselling Key West Food Critic mysteries.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When SheriffP#8217;s Deputy Darcy Rogers asks Hayley for a small favor, she canP#8217;t say no. Nine months pregnant and temporarily benched from her food critic duties, HayleyP#8217;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 CountyP#8217;s safe custody exchange location. Easy, right?Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Wrong.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In the chaos of the SheriffP#8217;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. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When a body turns up, Hayley realizes this isnP#8217;t just a missing-persons caseP#8212;itP#8217;s a race against time. With the little girlP#8217;s safety at risk, Hayley must trust her instinctsP#8212;and her heartP#8212;to uncover the truth.
