The Marinara Murders

Murder, marinara, and marriage dreams collide in this suspense-laden culinary thriller...Gourmet cook Angie Amalfi is on a mission: to find a hidden gem of a restaurant to review for a top culinary magazine. At the same time, handsome Homicide Inspector Paavo Smith is working to solve the sexually-tinged murders of two women. The two goals converge when Angie's world takes a sinister turn.Angie discovers three grumpy old men who make a mean marinara, but seem to know nothing about how to run a business-at least not a restaurant business. And since she's growing closer to Paavo, she's bursting with questions about married life. But at the same time, the eerie feeling that someone is stalking her becomes increasingly unnerving. The feeling isn't helped when, the more Paavo learns about the killings, he fears Angie may be next on the psychopathic killer's menu.Will Angie find the perfect restaurant and what marriage really means, and will she and Paavo find and stop the mysterious killer before he makes Angie his victim? The answers simmer in this culinary escapade where every question leads to another layer of suspense and mystery.The kitchen is hot and the murder is served in this latest installment of the popular Cook and Inspector Mysteries.NOTE: The main characters in this story appear in an early mystery series by the author. This is a completely reimagined and updated version of Cooking Most Deadly.