Key West Food Critic Mysteries Books in Order

Key West Food Critic Mysteries by Lucy Burdette contains 16 books, published between 2012 and 2026. The first book is An Appetite for Murder (2012) and the newest is A Delicious Deception (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2012–2026
Pages on record
2,462 in 8 of 16 books
Reading time
41–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,462 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

Key West Food Critic Mysteries is a Lucy Burdette listing of 16 books running from An Appetite for Murder (2012) to A Delicious Deception (2026). Its subject headings include women food writers, women journalists, murder investigation, restaurants and Key West, Florida. Death in Four Courses (2012), Murder with Ganache (2014) and The Key Lime Crime (2020) are among the titles. New Key West Food Critic books are still being added.

How many Key West Food Critic Mysteries books are there?

Key West Food Critic Mysteries has 16 books, released between 2012 and 2026.

Key West Food Critic Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Key West Food Critic Mysteries books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    An Appetite for MurderKey West Food Critic Mystery #12012 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012310
  2. 2
    Death in Four CoursesKey West Food Critic Mystery #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  3. 3
    Topped ChefKey West Food Critic Mystery #32013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  4. 4
    Murder with GanacheKey West Food Critic Mystery #42014 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014307
  5. 5
    Death with All the TrimmingsKey West Food Critic Mystery #52014 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014304
  6. 6
    Fatal ReservationsKey West Food Critic Mystery #62015 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015304
  7. 7
    Killer TakeoutKey West Food Critic Mystery #72016 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016293
  8. 8
    Death on the MenuKey West Food Critic Mystery #82018 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018336
  9. 9
    A Deadly FeastKey West Food Critic Mystery #92019 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019272
  10. 10
    The Key Lime CrimeKey West Food Critic Mystery #102020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  11. 11
    A Scone of ContentionKey West Food Critic Mystery #112021 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021336
  12. 12
    A Dish to Die ForKey West Food Critic Mystery #122022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  13. 13
    A Clue in the CrumbsKey West Food Critic Mystery #132023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  14. 14
    A Poisonous PalateKey West Food Critic Mystery #142024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024
  15. 15
    The Mango MurdersKey West Food Critic Mystery #152025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025
  16. 16
    A Delicious DeceptionKey West Food Critic Mystery #162026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026

Do you have to read Key West Food Critic Mysteries books in order?

You should read the Key West Food Critic Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Key West Food Critic Mysteries book also stands alone.

Where to start with Key West Food Critic Mysteries

Start with An Appetite for Murder (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Key West Food Critic Mysteries book?

A Delicious Deception (2026) is the newest Key West Food Critic Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Key West Food Critic Mysteries book coming?

No next Key West Food Critic Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Key West Food Critic Mysteries at a glance

Still running
Key West Food Critic Mysteries is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Key West Food Critic Mysteries books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,462 pages across the 8 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Key West Food Critic Mysteries books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Key West Food Critic Mysteries books are about

10 of the 16 Key West Food Critic Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 8 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Lucy Burdette

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.