Bethany — Charlotte Lewis

Bethany Palmer traveled to Chicago from San Francisco for vacation and to attend a publishers´ expo for her employer. An airport shuttle driver gives her a briefcase belonging to another passenger. The effort of the briefcase´s owner to regain his property begins the mystery. The contents of the briefcase push the mystery into high gear.
A Chicago detective, Benjamin Abrams, is assigned to protect Bathany until the briefcase mystery is resolved when it is determined a well-known crime family has connections to the briefcase.
Bethany´s ambition to write a cookbook is woven into this story and several recipes are included at the end.
If you don´t like food, this may not be your cup of tea. If you do like a bit of romance mixed into your mystery, it may be the icing on your cake.