Hayley Snow loves her job as the food critic for Key Zest magazine, tasting the offerings from Key Wests most innovative restaurants. Shed rate her life four stars, until shes forced into the spotlightand another murder investigation.
Hoping for some good publicity, Hayleys boss signs her up to help judge the Key West Topped Chef contest. Stakes are high as the winner could be the next cooking-show superstar. Hayley shows up for the filming nervous but excited, until she sees whos on the judging panel with her: Sam Rizzoli, big shot businessmanand owner of the restaurant she just panned in her first negative review.
When Rizzoli turns up dead, the police assume his killer is one of his business rivals. But Hayley wonders whether someone is taking the contest a little too seriously. With the police following the wrong recipe, its up to Hayley to find the killer before shes eliminated from the showpermanently.
