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Hot Crimes Cool Chicks — Amy Alessio
Summer sizzles with this collection of six short mystery stories and bonus vintage recipes! Each of these stories are a sample of adventures from popular series by the authors.
In TREASURES, by Amy Alessio, a young mother discovers an unlikely secret after a fire in an antiques mall in this short mystery with recipes. This is the first in the Alana O'Neill mysteries and includes vintage recipes for: Congo Squares, Kolackys, Chiffon Cake, Pound Cake and Dark Chocolate Cake. In MISSING ANDY, also by Alessio, Alana O'Neill pieces together clues to find some missing people - and missing cookbooks. Vintage recipes included are: Cocoa Chocolate Cake, Apples Loaves, Spiced Apple Muffins, Rhubarb Cookie Squares and Lemon Pudding. **Eleven bonus vintage recipes are included, exclusive to this anthology.
In SHADOWS OF SANITY, by Margot Justes, artist Minola Grey wants to seize the day, leave Chicago and go to Paris, but first she must help her friend Rebecca Standish through a difficult time in her life. Rebecca's art gallery burned down. Was it arson? An accident? Rugged firefighter Kirk Adams wants the answer as well. In the brutal Chicago winter Rebecca Standish fired up his libido as no other. He wants answers, and he wants Rebecca in his life, but to do that he'll have to overcome a few obstacles. Rebecca is stubborn and prickly, and he's a tough guy from the South side of Chicago. Together can they discover what happened to her gallery and prevent another fire? In a MOMENT IN TIME, also by Justes, meet Tracy Billings and Gordon Kerric. She's a sculptor and he's a Chicago cop. They have nothing and everything in common. They met at the Chicago Art Institute, and get better acquainted sipping afternoon tea. During a major outdoors art fair they get pulled in to investigate a case that would leave lasting nightmares. The search is on for a missing boy separated from his parents. Thousands of people wander the streets. How can anyone find a little lost boy? Was he kidnapped? Did he just wander off? Is he still alive? While Gordon searches for the missing boy, Tracy quickly discovers how difficult that job is. How does a homicide detective survive and live with the knowledge of what can happen? How does he do his job and survive the everyday horrors? Will they find the boy in time?
In THE CASE OF THE FUGITIVE FARMER, by Mary Welk, ER nurse Caroline Rhodes joins forces with antique dealer Maddy Moeller to investigate the disappearance of a young Army inductee during World War I. In THE CASE OF THE EXTRA INGREDIENT, also by Welk, Caroline witnesses a murder aboard a tour boat while vacationing in Maine with history professor Carl Atwater.
In TREASURES, by Amy Alessio, a young mother discovers an unlikely secret after a fire in an antiques mall in this short mystery with recipes. This is the first in the Alana O'Neill mysteries and includes vintage recipes for: Congo Squares, Kolackys, Chiffon Cake, Pound Cake and Dark Chocolate Cake. In MISSING ANDY, also by Alessio, Alana O'Neill pieces together clues to find some missing people - and missing cookbooks. Vintage recipes included are: Cocoa Chocolate Cake, Apples Loaves, Spiced Apple Muffins, Rhubarb Cookie Squares and Lemon Pudding. **Eleven bonus vintage recipes are included, exclusive to this anthology.
In SHADOWS OF SANITY, by Margot Justes, artist Minola Grey wants to seize the day, leave Chicago and go to Paris, but first she must help her friend Rebecca Standish through a difficult time in her life. Rebecca's art gallery burned down. Was it arson? An accident? Rugged firefighter Kirk Adams wants the answer as well. In the brutal Chicago winter Rebecca Standish fired up his libido as no other. He wants answers, and he wants Rebecca in his life, but to do that he'll have to overcome a few obstacles. Rebecca is stubborn and prickly, and he's a tough guy from the South side of Chicago. Together can they discover what happened to her gallery and prevent another fire? In a MOMENT IN TIME, also by Justes, meet Tracy Billings and Gordon Kerric. She's a sculptor and he's a Chicago cop. They have nothing and everything in common. They met at the Chicago Art Institute, and get better acquainted sipping afternoon tea. During a major outdoors art fair they get pulled in to investigate a case that would leave lasting nightmares. The search is on for a missing boy separated from his parents. Thousands of people wander the streets. How can anyone find a little lost boy? Was he kidnapped? Did he just wander off? Is he still alive? While Gordon searches for the missing boy, Tracy quickly discovers how difficult that job is. How does a homicide detective survive and live with the knowledge of what can happen? How does he do his job and survive the everyday horrors? Will they find the boy in time?
In THE CASE OF THE FUGITIVE FARMER, by Mary Welk, ER nurse Caroline Rhodes joins forces with antique dealer Maddy Moeller to investigate the disappearance of a young Army inductee during World War I. In THE CASE OF THE EXTRA INGREDIENT, also by Welk, Caroline witnesses a murder aboard a tour boat while vacationing in Maine with history professor Carl Atwater.
