Between her latest "sure-fire" foray into the food
industry—video restaurant reviews—and her concern over
boyfriend Homicide Detective Paavo Smith's depressed
state, Angie Amalfi's 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 Paavo's surrogate father is critically wounded by a
would-be burglar, Paavo decides it's time to discover the
truth about his errant parent's life and mysterious
disappearance.
Gourmet chef and eager sleuth Angie Smells a tasty mystery
cooking. But what's bubbling in this pot is a lethal
goulash of intrigues, betrayals, FBI deceptions, and
murderous Russian mafia mayhem—an old family recipe for
disaster for Angie and her policeman beau.