Most people are cooking, but here I am booking. Which is just as well because no one should eat anything I make unless it's the no-bake pumpkin trifle I'm bringing to my sister-in-law's later, and maybe not even that. I couldn't help but cram in one more cozy before (okay, on) Turkey Day, and this time it's Lucy Burdette's A Deadly Feast. I never even heard of Ms. Burdette until I typed "Thanksgiving murder mysteries" into my Amazon search bar. But when this Key West culinary whodunit boasting a cat, key lime pie, and a houseboat popped up, I was sold. The plot, which centers around a Chatty Kathy of a woman dropping dead during a food tasting tour, is wacky with a side of romance. Because food-reviewer-slash-amateur-sleuth Hayley Snow (yes, another food critic named Hayley, like in the Lee Hollis series) and her police officer fiancé are getting married the day after Thanksgiving. Super stressful, right? But chaos always comes a cozy -- and thankfully subsides by the end.
Alright, enough book blather. I need to get back to that trifle. Which hopefully no longer looks like pumpkin soup . . .
