Ingredients

The Ingredients of Happiness

Coming July 4th in hardcover and ebook

Is there a recipe for the perfect life?

Thirty-two-year-old ‘happiness guru’ Dr. Cooper Hunziker has it all—a dream job as assistant psychology professor at Yale University, a soon-to-be published self-help book, The Happiness Connection, and the perfect guy. But there’s a problem. Cooper isn’t happy.

The Ingredients of Happiness

Coming July 4th in hardcover and ebook

Is there a recipe for the perfect life?

Thirty-two-year-old ‘happiness guru’ Dr. Cooper Hunziker has it all—a dream job as assistant psychology professor at Yale University, a soon-to-be published self-help book, The Happiness Connection, and the perfect guy. But there’s a problem. Cooper isn’t happy.

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Key Lime

A Clue in the Crumbs

Book 13 coming August 8th

Food critic Hayley Snow and her pal Miss Gloria are overjoyed to welcome Violet and Bettina Booth, aka the Scottish Scone Sisters, to Key West. The sisters will host The UK Bakes!—Key West Edition. But the same day they arrive, the bed-and-breakfast the sisters are staying in gets torched.

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A Clue in the Crumbs

Book 13 coming August 8th!

Food critic Hayley Snow and her pal Miss Gloria are overjoyed to welcome Violet and Bettina Booth, aka the Scottish Scone Sisters, to Key West. The sisters will host The UK Bakes!—Key West Edition. But the same day they arrive, the bed-and-breakfast the sisters are staying in gets torched.

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Culinary cozy fans are in for a treat.
—Publishers Weekly on A Dish to Die For

Key West food critic Hayley Snow proves once again that she understands crime as well as cuisine. A suitably steamy background for a complex tale of murder and deceit.
—Kirkus Reviews on A Dish to Die For

What’s so delightful about the Key West Food Critic mysteries? The setting. The characters. The food. And, of course, the writing.
—Cathy Salustri, the Gabber on A Dish to Die For

A Scone of Contention moves at a brisk pace complemented by appealing characters.
—Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel on A Scone of Contention

Devastating, heartbreaking and completely immersive… Unsafe Haven has Hollywood written all over it!
—Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author

About Lucy

Lucy Burdette is the author of the popular Key West Food Critic mystery series. Her alter-ego, clinical psychologist Roberta Isleib, has also published eight mysteries including the golf lover’s mystery series and the advice column mysteries. Lucy’s first novel of suspense, Unsafe Haven, was published by Severn House Press in December 2021. The Ingredients of Happiness, a novel, will be published by Severn House in July 2023. Her books and stories have been shortlisted for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. Both A Dish to Die For and The Key Lime Crime won the bronze medal for popular fiction from the Florida Book Awards. She’s a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and a past president of Sisters in Crime. She currently serves as president of the Friends of the Key West Library.

2023 Events

August 9, 7 p.m.
Book launch for A Clue in the Crumbs and The Ingredients of Happiness
RJ Julia Bookseller
Madison, CT