Book Review: ‘The Mango Murders: A Key West Food Critic Novel’ By Lucy Burdette

by | Jul 30, 2025 | Books | 0 comments


The book is in stores on Tuesday, August 12th from Crooked Lane. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/40TDfmD

Haley Snow works for an e-zine, Key Zest, writing as a food critic, and also writes other articles. There’s a big festival going on, and her boss Palamina hires a cruise ship to wine and dine potential readers and advertisers. As the event gets underway. there’s a fire and explosion, and everyone is thrown overboard into the water. Everyone is safe except one person, and it’s soon learned that a propane tank exploded. Haley is not to sit back, and starts investigating on her own, and must be getting too close to whoever was responsible, and is determined to figure out who is the killer before it’s too late. This is the 15th novel in the series, and it’s another good one. These small-town murder mysteries are a lot of fun. Fans of the series will enjoy this one.