To Catch a Cook

A Nasty Stew Between her latest 'surefire' foray into the food industryvideo restaurant reviewsand her concern over boyfriend Homicide Detective Paavo Smiths depressed state, Angie Amalfis plate is full to overflowing. Paavo has never come to terms with the fact that his mother abandoned him when he was four, leaving vehind only an antique brooch to remember her by. But when the bauble vanishes, the jeweler who was repairing it is murdered, and Paavos surrogate father is critically wounded by a wouldbe burglar, Paavo decides its time to discover the truth about his errant parents life and mysterious disappearance. Gourmet chef and eager sleuth Angie Smells a tasty mystery cooking. But whats bubbling in this pot is a lethal goulash of intrigues, betrayals, FBI deceptions, and murderous Russian mafia mayheman old family recipe for disaster for Angie and her policeman beau.