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Also by JoAnne Pence:

The Da Vinci Cook, March 2007
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Red Hot Murder, January 2006
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Courting Disaster, November 2004
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Mistletoe and Mayhem, October 2004
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Two Cooks A-Killing, October 2003
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If Cooks Could Kill, January 2003
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Bell, Cook, and Candle, January 2002
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To Catch a Cook, November 2000
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TO CATCH A COOK
By: JoAnne Pence

A Nasty Stew

Angie Amalfi Mystery
Avon
November 2000
Featuring: Angie Amalfi; Paavo Smith
320 pages
ISBN: 0061030856
Paperback
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Mystery Woman Sleuth

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.

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