Greetings readers and eaters!

My gosh, the last month has been busy. We’ve enjoyed visits from many relatives and friends, while trying to keep up with our normal routine—not so easy to balance! I won’t bore you with most of it, except to share one photo of our delicious grandchildren. Lottie absolutely loved their energy and has been moping since they left.

In mid-February, the Friends of the Key West Library and the library staff hosted our second annual murder mystery tea, following Ann Cleeves’ Shetland script from last year. This time I wrote the mystery with a tropical twist. It was a blast!

Ruth Reichl visited Key West as our esteemed guest of honor for the annual Friends fundraising gala. She is delightful and lively and smart—another successful event for the Friends! (photos by @nickdollphotograhy)

A DELICIOUS DECEPTION will be hitting bookshelves near you on July 14. Pre-orders are so helpful and welcome! If you like to read and review ahead of book release, Deception is now available on Netgalley.

I’m not in Key West in my writing mind at the moment, I’m in Paris! Have a look at my post including a snippet of the WIP on Jungle Red Writers.

Here’s a delicious recipe for Italian pot roast to help you coast through the dregs of winter.

And here’s a brief post about how to write and produce your own murder mystery tea.

That’s it for now! Hope your spring comes quickly.

Love, 

Lucy